Miami quarterback Cam Ward is likely headed to New York as a Heisman Trophy finalist in December, and there’s a slew of other ACC players who may hear their name as award winners.

SMU enters the last week of its regular season with some security, having already clinched a spot in the ACC championship game in Charlotte, N.C., on Dec. 7. The Mustangs became the first former Group of Five team to clinch a spot in a power-conference title game in their first year in the new conference.