It is a 15-mile drive from the SMU campus to the Big 12 offices in Las Colinas, but the two might as well be on separate planets. It was to the Mustangs’ never-ending misery that the old amalgam of the SWC and Big Eight never wanted any part of the Dallas private school.

Kevin Jennings threw for 225 yards and two touchdowns as ninth-ranked SMU completed a sweep of its first Atlantic Coast Conference schedule with a 38-6 win over California.

As of publication, the cheapest available ACC Championship Game tickets cost just $38. In order to sit in the lower level, it will cost you all of $80.

After jumping out to a 21-0 lead, the Mustangs did not return to the red zone. Their second-half points came on a 48-yard field goal by Collin Rogers, a 23-yard Smith receiving touchdown after McGill’s interception and Stone’s pass to Smith.

The No. 12 Tigers (9-3) will face No. 9 SMU (11-1) in Charlotte on Dec. 7 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN) at Bank of America Stadium. Clemson made the ACC title game after Syracuse upset Miami on Saturday. This will be the first meeting between Clemson and SMU after the Mustangs joined the ACC this year.

The Mustangs have locked up one spot in the ACC Championship Game. Will the other spot go to Miami or Clemson?

Cal hopes to win for the fourth time in five games and clinch its first winning season since 2019 when it takes on No. 9 SMU today at the Mustangs’ Ford Stadium. Cal (6-5, 2-5) already has secured bowl eligibility for the second straight season.

The SMU Mustangs have already clinched a spot in the ACC Championship Game in Charlotte, N.C. next weekend. Who SMU will face, however, is not yet set. Let's take a look at what the Miami Hurricanes and Clemson Tigers need to do to make it to the ACC title game.