Clemson
5–3 · 3–2 ACC · Dabo Swinney, 19th season
Beat Florida State 36–24, Oct 31 · Next: at Syracuse, Sat, Nov 7 · analysis
Best by position: quarterbacks · running backs · wide receivers · tight ends · defenders · kickers · punters
Against the closing line
Clemson has beaten the line in 1 of its last 4, 2.0 points a game under it. Over the season it’s 3.4 a game under, 108th of 136.
Of the 12 teams at 5–3 against a schedule this hard, Clemson’s −3.4 is 10th.
last 4
−2.0
before
−4.9
-200
Oct 3, 2026 vs Miami (FL) −13.0- C Oct 17, 2026 vs Charleston Southern −5.5
Oct 24, 2026 vs Virginia Tech −7.0
Oct 31, 2026 @ Florida State +17.5
Lately
- Beat 8 of its last 10 unranked opponentscount
- Nov 8, 2025 vs Florida State +14
Nov 22, 2025 vs Furman +35
Nov 29, 2025 @ South Carolina +14
Dec 27, 2025 vs Penn State −12
Sep 12 vs Georgia Southern +15
Sep 19 vs North Carolina +8
Sep 25 @ California +14- C Oct 17 vs Charleston Southern +37
- Oct 24 vs Virginia Tech −4
- Oct 31 @ Florida State +12
- Won 7 of its last 10 on the roadcount
Nov 16, 2024 @ Pittsburgh +4
Dec 21, 2024 @ Texas −14
Sep 13, 2025 @ Georgia Tech −3- Oct 4, 2025 @ North Carolina +28
Oct 11, 2025 @ Boston College +31
Nov 14, 2025 @ Louisville +1- Nov 29, 2025 @ South Carolina +14
Sep 5 @ LSU −41- Sep 25 @ California +14
- Oct 31 @ Florida State +12
- Won 6 of its last 10count
- Nov 29, 2025 @ South Carolina +14
- Dec 27, 2025 vs Penn State −12
- Sep 5 @ LSU −41
- Sep 12 vs Georgia Southern +15
- Sep 19 vs North Carolina +8
- Sep 25 @ California +14
- Oct 3 vs Miami (FL) −28
- C Oct 17 vs Charleston Southern +37
- Oct 24 vs Virginia Tech −4
- Oct 31 @ Florida State +12
Against expected,
| a game | offense | defense |
|---|---|---|
| Points | −4.4 · 93rd | −3.9 · 37th |
| Total yards | −55 · 118th | −35 · 38th |
| Touchdowns | −1.4 · 130th | −0.9 · 24th |
| Passing efficiency | −24.2 · 128th | −22.4 · 14th |
| 3rd downs | −11.9% · 130th | −7.4% · 18th |
| Turnovers | +0.1 · 80th | +0.2 · 38th |
| Sacks | +1.3 · 128th | +0.8 · 16th |
| Penalty yards | +9.1 · 102nd |
Over (+) or under (−) what its opponents usually allow, a game, and where that stands among 136 teams, the best first. Lit is the top ten or the bottom ten. Penalty yards read against the league’s mean, since nobody allows them.
Seasons
- 2026 5–3
- 2025 7–6
- 2024 10–4
- 2023 9–4
- 2022 11–3
- 2021 10–3
- 2020 10–2
- 2019 14–1
- 2018 15–0
- 2017 12–2
- 2016 14–1
- 2015 14–1
- 2014 10–3
- 2013 11–2
- 2012 11–2
- 2011 10–4
- 2010 6–7
- 2009 9–5
- 2008 7–6
- 2007 9–4
- 2006 8–5
- 2005 8–4
- 2004 6–5
- 2003 9–4
- 2002 7–6
- 2001 7–5
- 2000 9–3
- 1999 6–6
- 1998 3–8
- 1997 7–5
- 1996 7–5
- 1995 8–4
- 1994 5–6
- 1993 9–3
- 1992 5–6
- 1991 9–2–1
- 1990 10–2
- 1989 10–2
- 1988 10–2
- 1987 10–2
- 1986 8–2–2
- 1985 6–6
- 1984 7–4
- 1983 9–1–1
- 1982 9–1–1
- 1981 12–0
- 1980 6–5
- 1979 8–4
- 1978 11–1
- 1977 8–3–1
- 1976 3–6–2
- 1975 2–9
- 1974 7–4
- 1973 5–6
- 1972 4–7
- 1971 5–6
- 1970 3–8
- 1969 4–6
- 1968 4–5–1
- 1967 6–4
- 1966 6–4
- 1965 5–5
- 1964 3–7
- 1963 5–4–1
- 1962 6–4
- 1961 5–5
- 1960 6–4
- 1959 9–2
- 1958 8–3
- 1957 7–3
- 1956 7–2–2
- 1955 7–3
- 1954 5–5
- 1953 3–5–1
- 1952 2–6–1
- 1951 7–3
- 1950 9–0–1
- 1949 4–4–2
- 1948 11–0
- 1947 4–5
- 1946 4–5
- 1945 6–3–1
- 1944 4–5
- 1943 2–6
- 1942 3–6–1
- 1941 7–2
- 1940 6–2–1
- 1939 9–1
- 1938 7–1–1
- 1937 4–4–1
- 1936 5–5
- 1935 6–3
- 1934 5–4
- 1933 3–6–2
- 1932 3–5–1
- 1931 1–6–2
- 1930 8–2
- 1929 8–3
- 1928 8–3
- 1927 5–3–1
- 1926 2–7
- 1925 1–7
- 1924 2–6
- 1923 5–2–1
- 1922 5–4
- 1921 1–6–2
- 1920 4–6–1
- 1919 6–2–2
- 1918 5–2
- 1917 6–2
- 1916 3–6
- 1915 2–4–2
- 1914 5–3–1
- 1913 4–4
- 1912 4–4
- 1911 3–5
- 1910 4–3–1
- 1909 6–3
- 1908 1–6
- 1907 4–4
- 1906 4–0–3
- 1905 3–2–1
- 1904 3–3–1
- 1903 4–1–1
- 1902 6–1
Method
- Against the line is each game’s points of margin less what the closing line expected, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game nobody lined sits out, and a push hasn’t beaten it. Lately is the last 4 games with one.
- A schedule this hard means the mean rating of the opponents it’s played is within 5.2 points of the team’s, two thirds of a standard deviation of the league’s schedules, and a rating is what the season’s games say about a team’s margin against an average team. The teams beside it have its record.
- Against expected is each game against what the opponent usually gave up in its other games, with half the home edge, averaged. A game against a team with no other game here sits out.
- Passing efficiency is the NCAA’s passer rating. Turnovers on offense are the ones it lost, and on defense the ones it forced. Sacks on offense are the ones its quarterbacks took, and they start in 2024.