SMU football entered Winston-Salem with zero Atlantic Coast Conference losses ever. Plus still every much in the ACC title game picture facing Wake Forest.

But the Mustangs hit a new low on Saturday.

The Demon Deacons snatched victory from the ACC runner-up and 2024 College Football Playoff team off this walk-off field goal. Expand Tweet

But now SMU has finally tasted defeat in the ACC for the first time since joining the conference. College football reporter Matt Fortuna adds that this is also the Mustangs' first loss in conference play since Nov. 17, 2022 — when Tulane upended SMU. Except both the Green Wave and Mustangs operated as American Athletic Conference teams.

SMU looked inept offensively vs. Wake Forest

The Mustangs presented a high-octane offense in their ACC arrival l

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