Gameday Guide: Football vs. Georgia • Aug. 31 • 12 p.m. • ABC

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PREVIEW

Clemson will open its 2024 season in the national spotlight on Saturday, Aug. 31, when the No. 14 Tigers face the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs in Atlanta. Kickoff at Mercedes-Benz Stadium is scheduled for noon ET in the weekend’s only matchup featuring two AP Top 15 squads.

Saturday’s contest represents a matchup of two of the only three active head coaches to have won an FBS national championship, as Clemson’s Dabo Swinney and Georgia’s Kirby Smart enter 2024 as part of that trio alongside North Carolina’s Mack Brown. Swinney and Smart are the only active coaches in the country that have won multiple FBS national championships, and they are the only coaches to have won a national championship with their current programs.

A Clemson upset win on Saturday would mark only the sixth time in the history of the AP Poll (which dates to 1936) that a team has defeated the preseason (and active) AP No. 1 in the top-ranked team’s season opener.

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Clemson (0-0) vs. Georgia (0-0)

• Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta
• 9 a.m.: Tiger Tailgate Show presented by Upcountry Fiber
• 12 p.m.: Kickoff
• Listen: Clemson Athletic Network (Don Munson, Tim Bourret & Reggie Merriweather)
• 2024 Media Guide (PDF)
• 2024 Media Guide Supplement (PDF)

WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS SEASON

– Clemson (798-472-45) needing two more wins to become the first ACC program to record 800 all-time victories. Across all conferences, 12 teams have reached that all-time mark, and Clemson (798) and Auburn (799) can reach 800 early this season.

– Clemson attempting to become the first program to win 22 ACC titles. Since helping form the conference in 1953, Clemson leads the ACC with 21 titles all-time, including 20 outright.

– Clemson (six) attempting to become only the second team to earn seven College Football Playoff berths since the institution of the postseason format in 2014 (Alabama, 8).

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