What to watch: No. 4 Clemson at Florida State

CLEMSON - Offense sells tickets, defense wins championships. That is the old adage, right? Though there is no championship on the line when Georgia Tech visits Clemson Saturday at Memorial Stadium, there is a bowl berth at stake for both teams. So, will it be the Yellow Jackets explosive offense that will steal the show on Saturday, or will the…

From 1940-1969, Frank Howard roamed the sidelines at Clemson. During his 30 seasons as the Tigers' head coach, "The Bashful Baron of Barlow Bend" posted a 165-118-12 record, while guiding the Clemson Football program to national acclaim. Howard's teams won eight conference championships and played in and won some of the biggest bowl games of his…

No. 4 Florida State and Clemson meet Saturday with rivalry bragging rights and an inside track to the ACC Championship Game all on the line. Since 2005, this rivalry has propelled the winner to conference championship contention. The two teams have combined for 13 ACC title game appearances and 11 ACC titles over the last 14 years. Now as the ACC…

After months of waiting, the football game that coach Dabo Swinney has called Clemson's "biggest challenge yet" is finally here. No. 4 Florida State is coming to Death Valley on Saturday for a highly anticipated ACC matchup with massive implications for the conference and the Clemson program. Thanks to a season-opening loss at Duke, Clemson…

Duke is set to host No. 9 Clemson on Labor Day in a game that will serve as both the season opener and ACC opener for each program. Monday evening's game also serves as the first meeting between the two foes since 2018. For Clemson, this marks the second-straight season that Dabo Swinney's squad is taking center stage on Labor Day and the…

The Clemson Tigers football program is entering a peculiar season this year. For the last several seasons, the Tigers have been one of the perennial favorites to win the College Football Playoff Championship. This year, not only are they not one of the top-3 favorites to win the College Football Playoff, they're not even the clear favorites to win…

The Clemson Tigers have become a yearly national title powerhouse under Dabo Swinney. They are in a unique position now after a decade of dominance. While no one expects them to fall completely off, many question whether they can get back to the national championship contender. Here is a breakdown of the 2023 way-too-early predictions for the…

There's a natural inclination to always look ahead in college football, especially at a time when the movement of players and coaches is fast and furious. The 2022 season wrapped up Monday night, as Georgia thumped TCU in the College Football Playoff National Championship. So what's on tap for 2023? Georgia will pursue a third straight…

Clemson has missed out on consecutive College Football Playoffs after being a mainstay on the sport's biggest stage for the better part of a decade, but Dabo Swinney doesn't think his program's elite days are over. In fact, the Tigers' veteran coach is of the opinion that more national championships are coming to Clemson sooner rather than…

The No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers (10-2) face the ACC champion No. 10 Clemson Tigers (11-2) Friday for the Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium for an 8 p.m. ET kickoff. Despite another conference title, Clemson had a down-year by its sky-high standards. Tennessee won 10 games for the first time since 2007 under second-year head coach Josh Heupel. But,…

The Capital One Orange is set for Friday, January 30 and will feature the Clemson Tigers facing the Tennessee Volunteers at 7:30 p.m. ET. The game will take place a Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, FL, and will air on ESPN. Clemson (11-2) will be making its 18th consecutive bowl game and 49th bowl appearance overall with a record of 26-22. Last year the…

No. 9 Clemson and No. 23 North Carolina meet in the ACC Championship Game on Saturday night in a rematch of the 2015 conference title game that kick-started the Tigers' run of six straight College Football Playoff appearances. While this year's showdown in Charlotte won't carry playoff implications for either team, it remains a key pivot point for…

Kickoff is scheduled for 8 pm ET at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC, with ABC providing the broadcast coverage. Temperatures are expected to drop to 37 degrees Saturday night, with rain and 21 mph wind gusts in the forecast. Clemson is one win away from completing a perfect ACC season, but the losses to Notre Dame and SC will haunt Dabo…

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - Some teams would have been content with a season-defining win over top-10 foe Tennessee. Not South Carolina and certainly not Gamecocks quarterback Spencer Rattler. South Carolina followed up its 63-38 stunner over the Vols last week with a 31-30 victory over No. 7 Clemson on Saturday, ending the title chances of a College…

Starting the 2022 college football season 8-1 (6-0 ACC), Dabo Swinney and the Tigers experienced their first loss, 35-14, last Saturday at the hands of Marcus Freeman and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. It was the worst performance we've seen out of the Tigers this season, as they got outcoached and outplayed from start to finish. Clemson will head…

Clemson's looking to bounce back from a rare loss and salvage its CFP stock. Louisville's season may be trending up, but the Tigers should come out ready to pounce in Week 11. See why our college football picks have faith in the favorites. Coming off their first loss of the season in a road setback at Notre Dame, the 10th-ranked Clemson Tigers…

The No. 5 Clemson Tigers (8-0) will head to South Bend to play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5-3) at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday night (7:30 p.m. ET, NBC/Peacock). The Tigers are the frontrunners to win the ACC Atlantic division and are a contender for the College Football Playoff. Meanwhile, the Irish are looking to build off their win last…

Week 4's college football schedule features three games between two teams ranked in the AP Top 25 poll and the first one will kick off Saturday's action when No. 5 Clemson travels to No. 21 Wake Forest for a contest that will decide the early leader in ACC Atlantic race. Last season Wake Forest snapped Clemson's six-year run of winning the ACC…

A pair of ACC Atlantic rivals meet up at Truist Field as Clemson pays a visit to Wake Forest in a battle of top 25 ranked teams in college football's Week 4 action on Saturday. Clemson comes in as the No. 5 team in the latest AP rankings, while Wake owns a No. 21 position in the poll, a drop of 2 spots after a 1-point win over Liberty last…

Here are things to watch in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Week 4: GAME OF THE WEEK No. 5 Clemson at No. 21 Wake Forest. The preseason favorite Tigers (3-0, 1-0 ACC) are starting a two-week stretch that could allow them to take complete control of the league's Atlantic Division race. First comes a trip to face the reigning division champion Demon…

The Clemson Tigers are off to a 2-0 start to their 2022 college football campaign, but head coach Dabo Swinney is far from impressed with what he's seen so far of his team, particularly from the defense. Ahead of Saturday's home game against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, Swinney called out the stop unit of Clemson football for its subpar play in…

We're past the halfway point of our Syracuse Orange football schedule preview. Coming off a game where they host NC State, SU will hit the road for the first time in over a month. They'll do so against this next ACC opponent, who present possibly the toughest matchup on the entire'Cuse calendar. School: Clemson University Mascot: Tigers #BRAND…