“Coaches get crucified, fined,” Swinney said Tuesday. “Players get crucified, held to this unrealistic accountability standard. But refs have zero accountability.”

Clemson has lost six straight games against Power Four opponents at Memorial Stadium dating back to last year, and their home loss to Duke was a first in 45 years.

There's been a new top team in the ACC seemingly every week. The reign of undefeated success for Haynes King and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets has come to an unexpected end. This race is still tightly contested, however. The top four teams, at least in the eyes of the AP Top 25 poll, are all within seven spots of each other.