Freshman Brandin Cummings came off the bench for a career-high 30 points to help the Panthers blow out Eastern Kentucky. Clemson has lost two in a row, including to rival South Carolina — but if the ACC were dinged too badly for losing to the SEC, there would be no teams left to rank.

The Blue Devils continue to look like the clear class of the conference, with Kon Knueppel scoring 18 points, four shy of a career high, in a 26-point win at Georgia Tech. The Panthers put up their highest single-game point total in eight years with a 110-78 stomping of Sam Houston State that moved Jeff Capel’s team to 10-2