Clemson is just over three weeks away from the start of the 2025 season. The Tigers will host LSU on August 30 and continue to hold steady as a 3.5-point favorite according to BetMGM.com. In fact Clemson is one of just five teams currently who project to be favored in all 12 of its regular season games. So how have the Tigers stacked up historically against the slate of opponents they will face this season?
Clemson is just over three weeks away from the start of the 2025 season.
The Tigers will host LSU on August 30 and continue to hold steady as a 3.5-point favorite according to BetMGM.com. In fact Clemson is one of just five teams currently who project to be favored in all 12 of its regular season games.
So how have the Tigers stacked up historically against the slate of opponents they will face this season?
First, a quick rundown of the schedule.
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Saturday, August 30: LSU (Death Valley – 7:30 p.m. ET)
Saturday, September 6: TROY (Death Valley – 3:30 p.m. ET)
Saturday, September 13: at Georgia Tech (Atlanta, Ga. – 12:00 p.m. ET)
Saturday, September 20: SYRACUSE (Death Valley)
Saturday, October 4: at North Carolina (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Saturday, October 11: at Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Mass.)
Saturday, October 18:SMU (Death Valley)
Saturday, November 1:DUKE (Death Valley)
Saturday, November 8:FLORIDA STATE (Death Valley)
Friday, November 14: at Louisville (Louisville, Ky. – 8:00 p.m. ET)
Saturday, November 22: FURMAN (Death Valley)
Saturday, November 29: at South Carolina (Columbia – 12:00 p.m. ET)
Clemson’s all-time record against its 2025 opponents
LSU: Clemson is just 1-3 all-time against LSU. Clemson’s lone victory occurred on New Years Eve 2012 with a 25-24 win over the Tigers in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. The two teams last faced one another on January 13, 2020 for the national championship in New Orleans, La. LSU took home the title after a 42-25 win.
TROY: Clemson owns a 2-0 record all-time vs. Troy. The two teams last squared off September 10, 2016 with the Tigers taking a 30-24 victory in Death Valley.
GA. TECH: The Yellow Jackets lead the all-time series with a 51-36-2 advantage. It should be noted that the two teams have been playing one another since 1898 and none of the meetings occurred in Clemson until 1974. The Tigers last faced Tech on November 11, 2023 in Death Valley, taking home a 42-21 win.
SYRACUSE: Clemson holds a 10-2 record all-time vs. Syracuse. The Tigers have won six in a row and last squared off against the Orange on September 30, 2023, leaving New York with a 31-14 win.
NORTH CAROLINA: Clemson owns a 40-19-1 advantage in the all-time series. The Tigers have won six in a row in the series, last facing the Tar Heels on November 18, 2023, earning a 31-20 win that day in Death Valley.
BOSTON COLLEGE: The Tigers hold a 21-9-2 advantage in the all-time series and have taken 12 in a row from the Eagles. The two teams haven’t played one another since October 8, 2022. Clemson won 31-3 in that meeting at Chestnut Hill.
SMU: Clemson is 1-0 all-time against the Mustangs after taking the ACC Championship in Charlotte last December with a 34-31 win.
DUKE: Clemson is 37-17-1 all-time against Duke. The Tigers were upended 28-7 in Durham, N.C. on September 4, 2023 the last time these two teams met.
FLORIDA STATE: Clemson trails the all-time series vs. the Seminoles 16-21. The Tigers downed FSU 29-13 in Tallahassee last season (Oct. 5, 2024)
LOUISVILLE: The Tigers hold an 8-1 edge over Louisville in the all-time series with the only blemish occurring in a 33-21 loss in Death Valley on November 2, 2024.
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FURMAN: Clemson leads the all-time series 44-10-4. The series dates back to the Tigers’ inaugural season in 1896. The Tigers’ last lost to the Paladins in 1936. The two teams will reunite for the first time since 2022 when the Tigers won 35-12.
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Clemson leads the Gamecocks 73-44-4 in the all-time series, which dates to 1896. All games were played in Columbia until 1960. Clemson has dropped two of the last three meetings. Its last lost in Columbia was on November 30, 2013 (31-17). The Gamecocks won last year’s meeting in Death Valley, 17-14.
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