ACC, ESPN Announce 2017 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game Time

The Atlantic Coast Conference and ESPN have announced that the 2017 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game between second-ranked Miami (Coastal Division) and No. 4 Clemson (Atlantic Division) will kick off on ABC in prime time at 8 p.m. on Saturday, December 2, from Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers march arm in arm prior to the 2015 ACC Championship Game in Charlotte.

This marks the ninth consecutive year that the D. Pepper ACC Football Championship Game has been held in prime time, and the fifth consecutive year the game has been televised by ABC in the coveted 8 p.m. time slot. The winner of the conference championship game has gone on to play in the National Championship Game or compete in the College Football Playoff each of the previous four seasons.