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Everyone who had Clemson penciled in as their preseason favorite to not only make the College Football Playoff but win the national championship is now questioning their bets. The Tigers are 1-1, and while losing to now No. 3 LSU is excusable, nearly being beaten by Troy is not. Week 2 in college football is […]

The Clemson Tigers struggled against the Troy Trojans in the first half of Saturday’s contest. However, the program was able to pull away in the second half after scoring 24 unanswered points to earn a 27-16 win in Week 2. Despite the victory, it appears the team has taken a dive in the latest AP […]

Clemson football didn’t just survive Saturday night’s scare against Troy. The Tigers responded like a team built for championship moments. After falling behind early and coughing up a costly pick-6, Dabo Swinney’s group flipped the script to secure their first victory of the season. What followed was vintage Clemson. Five straight scoring drives. Twenty-seven points […]

Clemson football sounded off the upset alert alarm for the second straight week. But this time Troy has the Tigers facing an 0-2 start. All thanks to a brutal first half in Death Valley. Fresh off falling to an LSU team lower ranked than Clemson, the Tigers struggled against the Trojans. The latter taking a […]

The No. 8 Clemson Tigers are set to take on the Troy Trojans on Saturday with the hopes of getting back in the win column after experiencing a 17-10 Week 1 loss to the LSU Tigers. However, leading up to the contest, the program issued a lightning warning to fans in attendance. The team finally […]

Clemson sits at No. 8 in the latest AP Top 25, down four spots after a 17–10 home loss to LSU. LSU jumped six spots to No. 3, which tells you what voters thought of the matchup.  The problem isn’t that Clemson lost to a top-five caliber team. It’s how they lost — reprising issues […]

The Atlantic Coast Conference watched its share of thrills and disappointment during Labor Day weekend. Florida State delivered the biggest statement by upsetting No. 8 Alabama. But Bill Belichick and North Carolina capped the holiday week by delivering a huge letdown against TCU. Changes manifested with our ACC Power Rankings. Time to see what changes […]

A 2025 season that started with a lot of hype didn’t get off to a great start for Clemson football, as the No. 4-ranked Tigers lost to No. 9 LSU 17-10 at home in one of the most highly-anticipated matchups of Week 1. The Clemson defense showed why it is one of the most feared […]

There was a mountain of hype around Clemson football coming into the 2025 season, as Dabo Swinney and the Tigers entered the season ranked No. 4 in the country and with plenty of buzz about a potential national championship run. A lot of that buzz stemmed from a strong close to the 2024 season that […]

One of the biggest games of Week 1 for the 2025 college football season was between LSU and Clemson. The game was highly physical, but the LSU football team pulled out the big win on the road to make a season-opening statement win in one of the more difficult college football environments. Dabo Swinney said […]

What should have been a perfect day for the Clemson Tigers football team ended in heartbreak. They started their season opener against SEC rivals LSU with a bang, leading 10-3 after the first half. It seemed like Dabo Swinney and his team had conquered their demons and finally beat an SEC team. Alas, it was […]

Clemson football failed its first major test of the 2025 college football season. Clemson lost to No. 9 LSU 17-10 on Saturday night after melting down in the second half. It is a tough way to start the season, especially after some analysts predicted Clemson will be national champions. Tigers fans are looking for answers. […]

Clemson football joined a list no top 10 program wants to join. Falling in week one of the college football season. The No 4 ranked Tigers’ loss to LSU Saturday left many fans in dismay. Clemson sparked early energy with its famed entrance leading into “Howard’s Rock.” Which players rub before jogging down the field. […]

College Football Week 1 is set to be huge. One marquee matchup will feature a battle of top-10 teams when No. 9 LSU visits No. 4 Clemson. If it wasn’t obvious enough by their rankings, both teams have high expectations this season that go well beyond just a College Football Playoff berth. These are national […]

The Atlantic Coast Conference already watched one of its own get its season underway. With Stanford taking the walk-off road loss against Hawaii. But now, the 16 other teams will earn the college football spotlight. Which launches our first ACC Power Rankings of the 2025 season. This conference will feature no shortage of intrigue and […]

The 2025 Clemson football team is loaded and is seen as one of the best teams in the country this season. They opened the year ranked as the fourth-best team in the AP Poll, and for good reason. The Tigers are tied for first in the country in most returning starters, and because of that, […]

The Atlantic Coast Conference is deep at quarterback this fall. Cade Klubnik and Kevin Jennings help lead their respective offenses at Clemson and SMU. But they need their offensive line to flourish in ACC play. Even incoming head coach Bill Belichick needs his trenches to ease into his highly anticipated role. His past New England […]

The title for top sack leader in the Atlantic Coast Conference is up for grabs in 2025. Donovan Ezeiruaku of Boston College is off to the Dallas Cowboys after piling 16.5 sacks in 2024. The ACC comes with plenty of contenders for the throne the Eagles star bequeaths. Some contenders reloaded in the pass rushing […]

The Atlantic Coast Conference comes with no shortage of high scrutiny for 2025. And not just limited to Bill Belichick arriving to North Carolina. The ACC brings one of the deeper secondary units across the nation. Does the eight-time Super Bowl winner boast one of the nation’s top defensive back units? He does have intriguing […]

In the early years of the four-team College Football Playoff era, the Clemson football team was one of the most dominant programs in the country. It was the Tigers and Alabama consistently making deep runs and winning national championships. Dabo Swinney led Clemson to two national titles, but then the program took a step back. […]

Much has been made in recent months about the format of the College Football Playoff, which expanded to twelve teams in 2024-25 and eventually saw Ohio State win its first national championship in a decade. Dabo Swinney and the Clemson football program also made the cut this past season, but ultimately bowed out against the […]

The 2025 college football season will be here before you know it, and one of the Power Four conferences — the ACC — will look to show its prowess once again. In the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff, the ACC had two representatives: Clemson and SMU, with the former reclaiming the conference […]

In the latest Clemson football news, head coach Dabo Swinney has finally broken his silence on the surprising dismissal of 4-star freshman Jadyn Henderson, citing the Tigers’ non-negotiable culture standards. The news comes just weeks after the young receiver was cut from the team following a locker room incident that drew internal concern and external […]

Clemson football entered the party late for one four-star safety. But Dabo Swinney and company’s late charge pulled off the huge victory in the end. Leapfrogging Miami and Michigan to secure the college football recruiting win of Blake Stewart. The Woodward Academy star Stewart picked the Clemson hat in announcing his verbal commitment Sunday via […]

Clemson football has been on a roll in recruiting in the 2026 recruiting class. They have been dominant to the point of being ranked 11th in the country. They jumped into the top 15 for 2026 after being ranked 23rd in 2025. Once again, they pulled off a big recruiting win by grabbing one of […]

Clemson football is engaging itself in a epic battle with rival Miami for June. The Tigers are building their own top 10 college football recruiting class. All while the Hurricanes are delivering their own impressive results. Now Clemson just boosted its defense with a huge four-star victory over the ‘Canes. The Tigers landed Keshawn Stancil […]

The NBA and NHL are both done as champions were crowned in the past week, and you know what that means: Football is on deck. Baseball is in the spotlight for the next two months, but in late August, college football will take over the lives of sports fans everywhere. The season will get started […]

Clemson football took an early College Football Playoffs loss to Texas back in December 2024. The Tigers claimed a huge college football recruiting win over the Longhorns six months later. The Atlantic Coast Conference champs reeled in four-star edge rusher Dre Quinn Thursday. Hayes Fawcett of On3 revealed Texas was indeed in the final running […]

The Clemson Tigers continued to reload and dominate along the recruiting trail with the recent commitment of a four-star linebacker recruit out of Georgia. Clemson has always recruited well under Dabo Swinney, but recently, it has not been as good as usual. The recent commitment says they might be back on track to domination with […]

One of the most prominent critics of the Transfer Portal has been Clemson football head coach Dabo Swinney. Swinney recently appeared on The College GameDay Podcast and took verbal jabs at the transfer rules and the system’s operation. “There are no rules right now. We want some rules,” He said. Now, as Swinney said, there […]

Bill Belichick might be new to college football, but he is no stranger to the sport. As a longtime fan and NFL head coach, Belichick has scouted hundreds of players in college, particularly those from his new rivals in the ACC. Ahead of his first season with North Carolina, the 73-year-old revealed to Dabo Swinney […]

In today’s era of college football, the transfer portal is something that teams have to utilize if they want to be successful. The current era requires adaptation, and one head coach that has been accused of the opposite is Dabo Swinney. The Clemson football team hasn’t utilized the transfer portal as much as other programs, […]

The Clemson football team picked up a big commitment from the 2026 recruiting class on Tuesday as four-star safety Kaden Gebhardt announced that he is going to play for the Tigers. It’s still early in the 2026 cycle, but Clemson is off to an incredibly hot start, and they still have a lot of targets […]

Clemson football proved Sunday they can win over four-star talents still. Even if it means pulling past Southeastern Conference powers like Florida and Georgia. And this four-star prospect is expected to bolster the Tigers’ offensive line under Dabo Swinney. Clemson won over interior offensive lineman Chance Barclay, verbally committing to the Tigers via Hayes Fawcett […]

Clemson football rebuilt itself as a College Football Playoff qualifier in 2024. The Tigers’ Atlantic Coast Conference title run has won back high-profile recruits. That now includes a four-star who has visiting Clemson on deck first for his spring/summer visits. The reigning ACC champions will host Naeem Burroughs before three other programs including Texas, per […]

The 2024 college football season ended with Ohio State winning the first iteration of the 12-team College Football Playoff. The Buckeyes head coach, Ryan Day, was rewarded with a contract extension that makes him one of the highest-paid coaches in the nation because of the victory. Coaching college football has never been more complex than […]

The Clemson football team has found their guy to lead the defense as Tom Allen is coming over from Penn State to be the next defensive coordinator for the Tigers. Allen was the head coach at Indiana before joining the Nittany Lions, and he is on the move again as Clemson will be his third […]

The Clemson football team made a somewhat surprising run to the College Football Playoff in 2024. After flying under the radar for most of the season, Clemson snuck up on just about everyone and won the ACC Championship to earn the final spot in the CFP field. There’s an argument to be made that Clemson […]

The Clemson football team is moving on from defensive coordinator Wes Goodwin as the Tigers announced the staff change on Monday morning. Goodwin will not be returning to Clemson in 2025. The Tigers were known for their bruising defense during their dynasty days, but they have not been able to replicate it since Dabo Swinney […]