Clemson is one win away from giving the ACC its second national championship in three years, which is certainly good news for a conference that was dismissed as the most likely to miss the playoff altogether by the vast majority of preseason pundits.
The bad news for the ACC is that, beyond the Tigers, little has happened to change the prevailing narrative.
Bowl season might have been something of a wash at 4-5, which ranks within a game of the Big 12 (3-4) and Big Ten (5-5).