CLEMSON VS FSU - PREVIEW
For the third straight week, the No. 4/5 Clemson Tigers will welcome the eyes of prime-time national television audience on ABC when they face the Florida State Seminoles on Saturday, Oct. 15. Kickoff for the divisional matchup at Doak Campbell Stadium on ABC’s Saturday Night Football is set for 7:30 p.m. ET.
Though Head Coach Dabo Swinney noted Clemson’s offense was “not as crisp as we’ve been” in last week’s 31-3 win at Boston College, the Tigers are off to one of their most consistent scoring starts in program history. Clemson has hit the 30-point mark in every game this season, the program’s third time reaching 30 points in each of the first six games of a season.
This week, Clemson will be in search of its 10th 7-0 start in program history and its seventh such start under Swinney. Clemson opened the 1948, 1981, 2000, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020 campaigns with seven straight wins, earning a conference title (either Southern Conference or ACC) in eight of those nine seasons.
Neither the kickoff time nor the ABC spotlight will be new for Clemson. The game will be Clemson’s third consecutive 7:30 p.m. contest on ABC, making Clemson the first team since the 2015 Oklahoma Sooners to play in ABC’s marquee contest in three consecutive weeks. Clemson went on to defeat that 2015 Oklahoma squad in the College Football Playoff semifinal.
