It doesn’t look like there will be much to sort out at the top of the ACC’s bowl pecking order this year.
The ACC champion will be playing in a New Year’s Six bowl, as usual, and next in line among the ACC’s tie-ins are the Tier 1 games, of which there are three: the Gator Bowl, the Cheez-It Bowl, and the Holiday Bowl.
Given how the final weekend played out, we know that Pitt, Wake Forest, NC State, and Clemson will be filling those four slots in some combination. All four teams are two wins clear of every other bowl-eligible ACC squad and thus cannot be jumped in the order.