Our side
MoneylineCLEM to win
ours 64%
Projected score
26–25
VT – CLEM
2026-10-24 · kickoff TBD
Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC) · Clemson, SC
ACC game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Clemson lead
23–11–1
· 35 meetings since 1906
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
even
8 ranks apart
Virginia Tech Hokies #59 rush offense
Clemson Tigers #67 run defense
Pass game
edge Clemson Tigers
121 ranks
Virginia Tech Hokies #205 pass offense
Clemson Tigers #84 pass defense
Run game
edge Clemson Tigers
47 ranks
Clemson Tigers #131 rush offense
Virginia Tech Hokies #178 run defense
Pass game
edge Clemson Tigers
145 ranks
Clemson Tigers #101 pass offense
Virginia Tech Hokies #246 pass defense
Virginia Tech Hokies
Run-heavy · 62% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 54 rush ypg
Clemson Tigers
Balanced · 45% run
Avg pace
Philip Montgomery · 46-59 · offense-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
Virginia Tech Hokies
TE
Luke Reynolds
13 rec · 158 yds · 3 TD
#2 TE
K
John Love
4 FG · 15 XP · 27 pts
#5 K
DL
Mylachi Williams
7 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 6.0 TFL
#39 DL
DL
Cortez Harris
7 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 3.5 TFL
#71 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
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Virginia Tech offense vs Clemson defense+0.7 pts
Clemson offense vs Virginia Tech defense+4.6 pts
Altitude · context only430 m lower than the visitor's home elevation
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.
Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest
were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them.
Adding them again would double-count.