WITH THE WIN…
Courtesy Clemson Sports Info
- Clemson has now won a postseason game (conference championship, bowl game and/or national championship game) in 14 consecutive seasons, extending the longest streak on record in major college football history.
- Clemson became the first program to win 22 ACC titles. Since helping form the conference in 1953, Clemson leads the ACC with 22 titles all-time, including 21 outright.
- Clemson earned its 28th overall conference championship all-time, including four SIAA championships and two Southern Conference championships prior to the formation of the ACC. Clemson’s 28 conference titles across all conferences are the most of any current or former ACC member.
- Clemson tied Utah (28) for the 10th-most conference titles among current FBS programs.
- Clemson is expected to earn its seventh College Football Playoff berth to become only the second team to earn seven College Football Playoff berths since the institution of the postseason format in 2014 (Alabama, 8). The ACC champion is expected to be among the five highest-ranked conference champions that earn an automatic berth, but official selections and rankings will not be announced until Sunday afternoon.
- Clemson improved to 9-1 all-time in ACC Championship Games. Clemson’s .900 all-time winning percentage in conference championship games ranks second among programs who have qualified for at least four conference championship games.
- Clemson has now won each of its last nine ACC Championship Game appearances. Clemson joined Oklahoma (nine straight amid 2004-20) and Alabama (nine straight amid 2009-23) as the only teams ever to win nine consecutive conference title game appearances.
- SMU became the seventh different team defeated by Clemson in an ACC Championship Game all-time. Clemson joined Oklahoma (eight) as the only schools to earn a conference championship win against seven different opponents all-time.
- Head Coach Dabo Swinney won his ninth ACC championship. His nine ACC titles (all outright) are second only to Florida State’s Bobby Bowden (12, including 10 outright).
- Swinney won his ninth conference championship to pass College Football Hall of Famer Frank Howard (eight) for sole possession of the most in Clemson history. Howard won two Southern Conference titles (1940,48) and six ACC titles (1956,58,59,65,66,67) in his 30-year run with the Tigers.
- Swinney is now 9-1 in ACC Championship Games. His nine wins are triple the wins of any other coach in the ACC’s championship game era (Jimbo Fisher and Frank Beamer, three each). Since the creation of the ACC Championship Game in 2005, 55 different full-time head coaches have coached at least one season in the ACC. Swinney has won nine ACC Championship Games in that span while the other 54 coaches have combined for 11 (four of which came prior to Swinney’s promotion to full-time head coach).
- Swinney’s nine career conference championships are more than double any other active head coach (Lincoln Riley, Rich Rodriguez and Butch Jones, four each).
- Clemson has now recorded its 20th 10-win season in program history. It is Clemson’s 13th 10-win season under Head Coach Dabo Swinney.
- Clemson became the 13th program among current power conference programs to record at least 20 seasons all-time with 10 or more wins. Prior to the season, that list included Alabama (44), Oklahoma (42), Michigan (32), Ohio State (31), Georgia (28), USC (28), Nebraska (28), Florida State (26), Penn State (26), Texas (25), Notre Dame (23) and Tennessee (20).
- Clemson’s 2023 and 2024 signing classes earned their first ACC Championship. Every Clemson recruiting class in Dabo Swinney’s tenure has won at least one ACC Championship.
- Clemson’s senior class became the 31st senior class in Clemson history to earn multiple conference championships in a four-year span.
- Clemson’s senior class (40-13 since 2021) became the 12th Clemson senior class to average at least 10 wins a year over a four-year span, joining the 1990, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 senior groups.
- Clemson earned its 31st all-time victory against an AP Top 10 opponent.
- Swinney improved to 19-13 against AP Top 10 teams. The only coaches — active or inactive — who have more wins against AP Top 10 teams since 2009 than Swinney are Nick Saban (34) and Kirby Smart (22).
- Clemson improved to 8-0 all-time in ACC Championship Games held at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. Clemson previously earned ACC titles in the facility in 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022.
- Clemson improved to 23-13 in games at NFL stadiums under Dabo Swinney. Clemson is now 20-9 at NFL stadiums since 2015.
- Clemson improved to 18-1 in December games since 2011. Among teams that have been at the FBS level in that entire time span, Clemson’s .947 December winning percentage is the second-highest in the nation behind Alabama (15-0, 1.000).
- Clemson improved to 30-14 all-time in games played in the month of December.
- Clemson improved to 37-9 under Dabo Swinney in games following a loss.
- Swinney (180-46) became the seventh coach in FBS history to win 180 games within the first 20 seasons of a head coaching career. In only his 17th season (and 16th full season), Swinney (179) trails only Tom Osborne (195), Nick Saban (191), Bob Stoops (191), Joe Paterno (187), Urban Meyer (187) and LaVell Edwards (183) in that category. (Note: Stoops and Meyer are not credited on the NCAA’s official list of most wins through 20 seasons since they did not coach 20 years.)
- Swinney improved to 40-27 under Dabo Swinney against AP Top 25 teams.
- Clemson improved to 34-19 under Swinney in games in which both teams rank in the AP Top 25.
- Clemson improved to 169-74-3 all-time (and 52-8 since 2011) when facing a coach for the first time. Clemson is 6-1 this season against head coaches facing the Tigers for the first time.
- Clemson has now won 123 of its last 128 games when leading at halftime.
- Clemson is now 88-7 when scoring first since 2015.
- Clemson is now 145-5 since 2011 when leading after three quarters.
- Clemson is now 87-5 when winning the turnover margin since 2011.
- Clemson has now won 40 of its last 52 one-possession games since 2011, the highest winning percentage in the country in one-score games in that span.
