No. 9 SMU beats Cal 38-6. Up next, the ACC title game in Mustangs' 1st season in the conference

DALLAS -- , Brashard Smith and ninth-ranked SMU never felt they were finished, even when already locked into the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game in their league debut. “It was really important, just being undefeated in the conference,” Smith said. “We came in on a mission.” The Mustangs completed a sweep of their first ACC schedule with a 38-6 win over California in their regular-season finale Saturday, making them the only team in their new league that didn't lose a conference game. “I think it shows their maturity. They wanted to finish,” third-year Mustangs coach Rhett Lashlee said. “We wanted to go 8-0, we wanted to win the regular season outright and not share it. And we were playing for a lot because the College Football Playoff still comes out with rankings for two more weeks. ...