Clemson Played toughest ACC Schedule

Dec. 7, 2006

Clemson played the toughest ACC schedule in 2006. The combined record of Clemson’s conference opponents when not playing against the Tigers was 33-23, one game better than Maryland’s 32-24 mark. The Tigers had to play each of the Atlantic Division schools, plus had to face Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech, the top two teams in the Coastal Division.

Clemson was the only Atlantic Division team that had to play Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech and the Tigers had to do it five days apart in October. Clemson was the only ACC team in the regular season to defeat the Yellow Jackets, a game it won on October 21 at home. The Tigers lost at Virginia Tech the following Thursday night on the road, a difficult task for all ACC team this year. The road team was 0-6 this year in conference games played on Thursday nights.

Clemson defeated both Wake Forest and Georgia Tech this year, the only ACC team to defeat the two teams who played in the ACC Championship game. Those two teams had just three league losses in the regular season and two of the three were to Clemson.

Clemson league opponents won 33 of 56 games when not playing Clemson, seven fewer than conference champion Wake Forest, whose opponents had a 26-30 record when not playing the Demon Deacons.

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