Clemson out to squash hopes of No. 20 North Carolina

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North Carolina holds a national ranking and Clemson doesn't.

It wasn't supposed to be this way in mid-November. The No. 20 Tar Heels still have aspirations of playing for the championship of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which Clemson has dominated over much of the past decade.

This puts thehost Tigers, who have shown a recent resurgence, in a spoiler's role when