Clemson coach Dabo Swinney's cellphone started blowing up with messages when the Tigers found out they had made the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.

The South Carolina vs. Clemson rivalry has plenty of extra significance outside of just bragging rights this year. Both teams are ranked in the top 20 and fighting for a College Football Playoff berth as the regular season comes to an end.

Dabo Swinney got calls from players, peers and Syracuse coach Fran Brown when Clemson clinched an ACC championship berth. Here's how Swinney reacted.

The Tigers are hosting the Gamecocks in what will likely be the highest ranked rivalry game in the country next weekend.

Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers College Football Playoffs hopes shrunk drastically when they fell 17-14 to rivals South Carolina on Saturday, but they didn't disappear thanks to another ACC program.

The implications of Syracuse’s 42-38 win over No. 6 Miami on Saturday was not lost on Orange coach Fran Brown. “Hey Dabo Swinney, congrats,” he said. “I got you in, baby!” Kyle McCord and Syracuse knocked the Hurricanes out of ACC title contention — and possibly ended the Hurricanes’ CFP hopes — by rallying from a 21-0 deficit.

Syracuse capped Fran Brown’s first regular season with a thrilling, 42-38 victory against No. 6 Miami (Fla.) on Saturday afternoon in the JMA Wireless Dome. The Orange trailed by 21 in the first half,