[2] This was the 16th ACC Championship Game and determined the 2020 champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

[3] Instead of representatives from two divisions, the two teams with the best conference records earned a spot in the game.

Their only defeat of the season was to Notre Dame on November 7, a double-overtime loss in a game played without starting Tigers quarterback Trevor Lawrence.

Notre Dame entered the championship game with a record of 10–0 (9–0 in conference play).

Their narrowest margin of victory, outside of the double-overtime contest with Clemson, was a 12–7 win over Louisville in mid-October.