Georgia Southern at Clemson

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Sat, Sep 12 · 11:30 PM · Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC)

Fan take

How they got here

Last three games · 2025 season

Georgia Southern · 7-6

Picked #100 in the preseason · now #114.

2-1 in its last three, capped by a 5-point win over Marshall as a 10.5-point underdog.

W 29–10 @ App State #183 of 668

won by 19 as a 10-point favorite

W 24–19 @ Marshall #93 of 668

won by 5 as a 10.5-point underdog

L 10–45 vs Old Dominion #31 of 668

lost by 35 as a 10.5-point underdog

W 45–40 vs Coastal Carolina #130 of 668

won by 5 as a 3.5-point favorite

W 25–23 @ App State #143 of 668

won by 2 as a 5-point underdog

L 24–34 @ Arkansas State #132 of 668

lost by 10 as a 1-point favorite

W 41–24 vs Georgia State #165 of 668

won by 17 as a 6.5-point favorite

L 35–38 vs Southern Miss #127 of 668

lost by 3 as a 3-point underdog

L 10–35 @ James MadisonTop 25 #33 of 668

lost by 25 as a 16.5-point underdog

W 45–17 vs Maine #188 of 668

won by 28 as a 23.5-point favorite

W 41–34 vs Jacksonville State #61 of 668

won by 7 as a 3.5-point favorite

L 20–59 @ USCTop 25 #32 of 668

lost by 39 as a 28.5-point underdog

L 14–42 @ Fresno State #69 of 668

lost by 28 as a 2-point underdog

Last three games · 2025 season

Clemson · 7-6

Picked #11 in the preseason · now #8 — about right.

2-1 in its last three, capped by a 14-point win over South Carolina as a 2.5-point underdog.

L 10–22 vs Penn StateTop 25 #9 of 668

lost by 12 as a 2.5-point favorite

W 28–14 @ South CarolinaTop 25 #36 of 668

won by 14 as a 2.5-point underdog

W 45–10 vs Furman #219 of 668

won by 35 as a 43.5-point favorite

W 20–19 @ LouisvilleTop 25 #29 of 668

won by 1 as a 1.5-point underdog

W 24–10 vs Florida StateTop 25 #47 of 668

won by 14 as a 1.5-point favorite

L 45–46 vs Duke #56 of 668

lost by 1 as a 4-point favorite

L 24–35 vs SMUTop 25 #20 of 668

lost by 11 as a 5.5-point favorite

W 41–10 @ Boston College #95 of 668

won by 31 as a 13.5-point favorite

W 38–10 @ North Carolina #136 of 668

won by 28 as a 14.5-point favorite

L 21–34 vs Syracuse #76 of 668

lost by 13 as a 17.5-point favorite

L 21–24 @ Georgia TechTop 25 #42 of 668

lost by 3 as a 3-point favorite

W 27–16 vs Troy #74 of 668

won by 11 as a 29.5-point favorite

L 10–17 vs LSUTop 25 #5 of 668

lost by 7 as a 5.5-point favorite

What’s at stake

Georgia Southern

  • Clay Helton is ahead of Kevin Whitley’s year-5 pace (1-1 vs. 0-2) — a win tonight widens the gap, a loss narrows it.

Clemson

  • Clemson is ranked #23, right on the edge of the Top 25.
  • Clemson is coming off a 15-point win.

The series

Clemson leads the series 2-0

2 meetings since 2018 · Clemson has won the last 2

  • 2026Clemson 22–7
  • 2018Clemson 38–7

Best players

Georgia Southern

Clemson

The line, and the room

Georgia Southern fans are feeling better about their season (82nd percentile) than Clemson fans are (8th) — even with Clemson favored here.

evenModel 88% · Market 95%Clemson fans · 8thGeorgia Southern fans · 82ndGeorgia SouthernClemson

Home −20.5 · O/U 54.5

Conditions

75°F · 3 mph wind · Cloudy

Clemson is worth +2.2 points (±4.4) more at home than on the road since 2018 — bottom third of FBS, 20th percentile.

83% at home, 74% on the road against FBS opponents (39–8 home, 29–10 away).

Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads -3.1 at home vs. away over 73 games — inside the ±7.0 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.

Night kickoff — historically worth about half a point more to the home side against the number, and not much more than that. The visitors travel about 168 miles to get here.

Georgia Southern 7 – Clemson 22

Clemson 22: 76%Georgia Southern 7: 24%

Called it — picked Clemson to win.

Recent games

Clemson

  • Wk 1Lat LSU10-51

Georgia Southern

  • Wk 1Wvs Charleston Southern31-0

Trajectory

12.623.15-6.31Wk 0Wk 1Wk 2Georgia SouthernClemson

Clemson won 22-7, as picked pregame.