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South Carolina

SEC · 2-0 · power +18.0 · #45
Our numberSC -7.6 no book has priced this game

Clemson

ACC · 1-1 · power +15.6 · #53
Our side
MoneylineSC to win ours 49%
Projected score 29–21 SC – CLEM
2026-11-28 · kickoff TBD Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC) · Clemson, SC Early season

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Series Clemson lead 70–43–4 · 117 meetings since 1902
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Clemson Tigers 73 ranks
South Carolina Gamecocks #140 rush offense Clemson Tigers #67 run defense
Pass game edge Clemson Tigers 46 ranks
South Carolina Gamecocks #130 pass offense Clemson Tigers #84 pass defense
Run game edge South Carolina Gamecocks 125 ranks
Clemson Tigers #131 rush offense South Carolina Gamecocks #6 run defense
Pass game even 15 ranks apart
Clemson Tigers #101 pass offense South Carolina Gamecocks #116 pass defense
South Carolina Gamecocks Balanced · 51% run Ball-control Clemson Tigers Balanced · 45% run Avg pace
Shane Beamer · 33-30 · defense-minded Dabo Swinney · 126-27

Ranked by team-unit strength (rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265 D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the 2025 season.

The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above

Who carried each team in 2025
South Carolina Gamecocks
RB Matt Fuller 199 rush yds · 2 TD · 1 rec #93 RB
DL Anthony Addison 3 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL #233 DL
WR Donovan Murph 4 rec · 92 yds · 2 TD #164 WR
DL Tomiwa Durojaiye 7 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #288 DL
Clemson Tigers
DL Will Heldt 7 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 4.0 TFL #42 DL
DB Elliot Washington II 10 tkl · 3 PD #153 DB
K Nolan Hauser 6 FG · 2 XP · 20 pts #23 K
DB Jerome Carter III 15 tkl · 1 PD #184 DB

Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no 2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.

Power breakdown
TeamPowerOffDefRank
South Carolina GamecocksSEC +18.0 +6.4 +11.7 #45
Clemson TigersACC +15.6 +4.8 +10.7 #53

Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).

Where the number comes from
South Carolina offense vs Clemson defense-4.3 pts
Clemson offense vs South Carolina defense-6.8 pts

An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.