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Clemson University · 2026 · ACC

Efficiency
-1.3
67th FBS
Record
1-1
Conf. record
Conf. finish
12th
proj. of 17
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Clemson is 1-1 and ranked 67th in overall efficiency. Their 41st-ranked defense carries them, with a 96th-ranked offense. They pass the ball on 52% of offensive plays with a 108th-ranked passing attack and run the ball on the remaining 48% of plays with a 131st-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
0-1
+1 left
Q2
0-0
+4 left
Q3
0-0
+2 left
Q4
1-0
+3 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 5.5 wins
Strength of Record
65th
-0.2 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
18th
full season
51st
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
40th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.3 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
1@ LSUSEC#13L 1051-21.90%-16.3Q1
2vs Georgia SouthernSun Belt#113W 227+12.2100%-1.0Q4
3vs North CarolinaACC#62Preview-0.150%Q4
4@ CaliforniaACC#72Preview-1.846%Q3
5vs Miami-FLACC#7Preview-21.111%Q1
7vs Charleston SouthernOVCPreview+36.798%Q4
8vs Virginia TechACC#37Preview-6.336%Q2
9@ Florida StateACC#49Preview-9.928%Q2
10@ SyracuseACC#71Preview-1.946%Q3
11vs Georgia TechACC#93Preview+7.567%Q4
12@ DukeACC#44Preview-10.028%Q2
13vs South CarolinaSEC#39Preview-5.637%Q2

2 played · 1-1. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on Clemson, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

-14.4-4.2+6.0-16-1Week 0Week 2
Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 108th
SR 104thYPP 82ndEPA 120th
RushingEff 131st
SR 133rdYPP 130thEPA 126th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 21st
SR 15thYPP 37thEPA 26th
Rush defenseEff 70th
SR 80thYPP 61stEPA 75th
Dropback rate 52%Tempo +2.8 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 35th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 35%1st · Defense allowed: 35%1st2nd · Offense: 35%2nd · Defense allowed: 49%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 15%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 44%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 10.0Q1 · Allowed: 10.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 9.0Q2 · Allowed: 21.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 0.0Q3 · Allowed: 14.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 13.0Q4 · Allowed: 7.0Q4
ScoredAllowed

What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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Clemson Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 96th
-4.0
Field position: -0.4Finishing drives: -3.6
Field position -0.4Finishing drives -3.6= -4.0
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 79th · Finishing 93rd

Defensive EffRanked 41st
+3.8
Field position: -0.2Finishing drives: +4.0
Field position -0.2Finishing drives +4.0= +3.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 77th · Finishing 36th

0.86 points per drive on offense, 1.96 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 32.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(35)46% / 54%34%3.9
Q2(34)71% / 29%26%5.2
Q3(26)50% / 50%27%2.7
Q4(25)40% / 60%36%4.4
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(24)11.038%4.5
2nd(22)10.132%5.0
3rd(17)9.318%3.4
4th(0)
All (63)30%4.4
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(30)9.633%3.5
2nd(18)7.739%3.8
3rd(9)11.111%4.7
4th(0)
All (57)32%3.8

Clemson, all games.