2014–2026 performance history

Clemson over time

Season-by-season offense and defense game grades, with head-coaching changes placed on the timeline.

ACCHead coach: Dabo SwinneyView Clemson games →
Offense · 2026 estimate43.0/100

4.1 average through 1 game

50.8 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate51.8/100

4.1 average through 1 game

60.6 prior · 8 equivalent games

The trajectory

Game and Season Unit Ratings

Each small dot is one offensive or defensive game rating, arranged in the order played. For completed seasons, the short bar is that season’s average game rating. Both dot and bar values are labeled on a percentile scale. For 2026, the bar is the Bayesian estimate, while the outlined circle is the empirical games-only mean. Labeled background bands show each head coach’s era.

Clemson individual offense and defense game grades by seasonEach small point is one game. Horizontal bars show completed-season means and the Bayesian estimate for 2026. The outlined 2026 circle is the empirical games-only mean. Alternating labeled bands identify head-coaching eras.Swinney · ’14–’26Dabo Swinney, 2014–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Clemson at Georgia · L 21–45; offense 30.7 percentile2014 Week 2: Clemson vs. South Carolina State · W 73–7; offense 72.4 percentile2014 Week 4: Clemson at Florida State · L 17–23; offense 25.8 percentile2014 Week 5: Clemson vs. North Carolina · W 50–35; offense 49.2 percentile2014 Week 6: Clemson vs. NC State · W 41–0; offense 90.9 percentile2014 Week 7: Clemson vs. Louisville · W 23–17; offense 4.6 percentile2014 Week 8: Clemson at Boston College · W 17–13; offense 29.2 percentile2014 Week 9: Clemson vs. Syracuse · W 16–6; offense 20.7 percentile2014 Week 11: Clemson at Wake Forest · W 34–20; offense 57.7 percentile2014 Week 12: Clemson at Georgia Tech · L 6–28; offense 21.0 percentile2014 Week 13: Clemson vs. Georgia State · W 28–0; offense 15.9 percentile2014 Week 14: Clemson vs. South Carolina · W 35–17; offense 69.9 percentile2014 Week 1: Clemson vs. Oklahoma · W 40–6; offense 38.6 percentile2015 Week 1: Clemson vs. Wofford · W 49–10; offense 70.2 percentile2015 Week 2: Clemson vs. App State · W 41–10; offense 65.9 percentile2015 Week 3: Clemson at Louisville · W 20–17; offense 69.9 percentile2015 Week 5: Clemson vs. Notre Dame · W 24–22; offense 26.4 percentile2015 Week 6: Clemson vs. Georgia Tech · W 43–24; offense 70.7 percentile2015 Week 7: Clemson vs. Boston College · W 34–17; offense 95.6 percentile2015 Week 8: Clemson at Miami · W 58–0; offense 91.4 percentile2015 Week 9: Clemson at NC State · W 56–41; offense 99.8 percentile2015 Week 10: Clemson vs. Florida State · W 23–13; offense 80.9 percentile2015 Week 11: Clemson at Syracuse · W 37–27; offense 82.7 percentile2015 Week 12: Clemson vs. Wake Forest · W 33–13; offense 72.7 percentile2015 Week 13: Clemson at South Carolina · W 37–32; offense 89.9 percentile2015 Week 14: Clemson vs. North Carolina · W 45–37; offense 75.3 percentile2015 Week 1: Clemson vs. Oklahoma · W 37–17; offense 91.2 percentile2015 Week 1: Clemson vs. Alabama · L 40–45; offense 82.8 percentile2016 Week 1: Clemson at Auburn · W 19–13; offense 46.6 percentile2016 Week 2: Clemson vs. Troy · W 30–24; offense 70.1 percentile2016 Week 3: Clemson vs. South Carolina State · W 59–0; offense 65.8 percentile2016 Week 4: Clemson at Georgia Tech · W 26–7; offense 48.5 percentile2016 Week 5: Clemson vs. Louisville · W 42–36; offense 96.6 percentile2016 Week 6: Clemson at Boston College · W 56–10; offense 99.9 percentile2016 Week 7: Clemson vs. NC State · W 24–17; offense 81.9 percentile2016 Week 9: Clemson at Florida State · W 37–34; offense 88.7 percentile2016 Week 10: Clemson vs. Syracuse · W 54–0; offense 56.5 percentile2016 Week 11: Clemson vs. Pittsburgh · L 42–43; offense 67.6 percentile2016 Week 12: Clemson at Wake Forest · W 35–13; offense 92.8 percentile2016 Week 13: Clemson vs. South Carolina · W 56–7; offense 92.2 percentile2016 Week 14: Clemson vs. Virginia Tech · W 42–35; offense 96.8 percentile2016 Week 1: Clemson vs. Ohio State · W 31–0; offense 72.0 percentile2016 Week 1: Clemson vs. Alabama · W 35–31; offense 82.4 percentile2017 Week 1: Clemson vs. Kent State · W 56–3; offense 96.1 percentile2017 Week 2: Clemson vs. Auburn · W 14–6; offense 40.9 percentile2017 Week 3: Clemson at Louisville · W 47–21; offense 95.3 percentile2017 Week 4: Clemson vs. Boston College · W 34–7; offense 84.1 percentile2017 Week 5: Clemson at Virginia Tech · W 31–17; offense 79.0 percentile2017 Week 6: Clemson vs. Wake Forest · W 28–14; offense 63.3 percentile2017 Week 7: Clemson at Syracuse · L 24–27; offense 12.5 percentile2017 Week 9: Clemson vs. Georgia Tech · W 24–10; offense 43.8 percentile2017 Week 10: Clemson at NC State · W 38–31; offense 79.1 percentile2017 Week 11: Clemson vs. Florida State · W 31–14; offense 60.0 percentile2017 Week 12: Clemson vs. The Citadel · W 61–3; offense 92.5 percentile2017 Week 13: Clemson at South Carolina · W 34–10; offense 88.0 percentile2017 Week 14: Clemson vs. Miami · W 38–3; offense 59.7 percentile2017 Week 1: Clemson vs. Alabama · L 6–24; offense 35.8 percentile2018 Week 1: Clemson vs. Furman · W 48–7; offense 70.7 percentile2018 Week 2: Clemson at Texas A&M · W 28–26; offense 54.0 percentile2018 Week 3: Clemson vs. Georgia Southern · W 38–7; offense 93.1 percentile2018 Week 4: Clemson at Georgia Tech · W 49–21; offense 96.5 percentile2018 Week 5: Clemson vs. Syracuse · W 27–23; offense 68.0 percentile2018 Week 6: Clemson at Wake Forest · W 63–3; offense 93.5 percentile2018 Week 8: Clemson vs. NC State · W 41–7; offense 71.6 percentile2018 Week 9: Clemson at Florida State · W 59–10; offense 32.0 percentile2018 Week 10: Clemson vs. Louisville · W 77–16; offense 99.2 percentile2018 Week 11: Clemson at Boston College · W 27–7; offense 46.2 percentile2018 Week 12: Clemson vs. Duke · W 35–6; offense 54.5 percentile2018 Week 13: Clemson vs. South Carolina · W 56–35; offense 99.3 percentile2018 Week 14: Clemson vs. Pittsburgh · W 42–10; offense 81.3 percentile2018 Week 1: Clemson vs. Notre Dame · W 30–3; offense 94.9 percentile2018 Week 1: Clemson vs. Alabama · W 44–16; offense 90.6 percentile2019 Week 1: Clemson vs. Georgia Tech · W 52–14; offense 91.5 percentile2019 Week 2: Clemson vs. Texas A&M · W 24–10; offense 73.6 percentile2019 Week 3: Clemson at Syracuse · W 41–6; offense 82.4 percentile2019 Week 4: Clemson vs. Charlotte · W 52–10; offense 97.1 percentile2019 Week 5: Clemson at North Carolina · W 21–20; offense 55.9 percentile2019 Week 7: Clemson vs. Florida State · W 45–14; offense 82.1 percentile2019 Week 8: Clemson at Louisville · W 45–10; offense 83.1 percentile2019 Week 9: Clemson vs. Boston College · W 59–7; offense 96.1 percentile2019 Week 10: Clemson vs. Wofford · W 59–14; offense 96.2 percentile2019 Week 11: Clemson at NC State · W 55–10; offense 94.4 percentile2019 Week 12: Clemson vs. Wake Forest · W 52–3; offense 73.8 percentile2019 Week 14: Clemson at South Carolina · W 38–3; offense 84.5 percentile2019 Week 15: Clemson vs. Virginia · W 62–17; offense 99.5 percentile2019 Week 1: Clemson vs. Ohio State · W 29–23; offense 95.5 percentile2019 Week 1: Clemson vs. LSU · L 25–42; offense 72.1 percentile2020 Week 2: Clemson at Wake Forest · W 37–13; offense 87.5 percentile2020 Week 3: Clemson vs. The Citadel · W 49–0; offense 83.0 percentile2020 Week 5: Clemson vs. Virginia · W 41–23; offense 78.3 percentile2020 Week 6: Clemson vs. Miami · W 42–17; offense 82.8 percentile2020 Week 7: Clemson at Georgia Tech · W 73–7; offense 96.3 percentile2020 Week 8: Clemson vs. Syracuse · W 47–21; offense 42.8 percentile2020 Week 9: Clemson vs. Boston College · W 34–28; offense 65.5 percentile2020 Week 10: Clemson at Notre Dame · L 40–47; offense 56.4 percentile2020 Week 13: Clemson vs. Pittsburgh · W 52–17; offense 90.4 percentile2020 Week 14: Clemson at Virginia Tech · W 45–10; offense 75.0 percentile2020 Week 16: Clemson vs. Notre Dame · W 34–10; offense 99.9 percentile2020 Week 1: Clemson vs. Ohio State · L 28–49; offense 55.9 percentile2021 Week 1: Clemson vs. Georgia · L 3–10; offense 23.1 percentile2021 Week 2: Clemson vs. South Carolina State · W 49–3; offense 69.1 percentile2021 Week 3: Clemson vs. Georgia Tech · W 14–8; offense 10.5 percentile2021 Week 4: Clemson at NC State · L 21–27; offense 26.4 percentile2021 Week 5: Clemson vs. Boston College · W 19–13; offense 46.4 percentile2021 Week 7: Clemson at Syracuse · W 17–14; offense 17.3 percentile2021 Week 8: Clemson at Pittsburgh · L 17–27; offense 57.1 percentile2021 Week 9: Clemson vs. Florida State · W 30–20; offense 53.0 percentile2021 Week 10: Clemson at Louisville · W 30–24; offense 32.7 percentile2021 Week 11: Clemson vs. UConn · W 44–7; offense 13.2 percentile2021 Week 12: Clemson vs. Wake Forest · W 48–27; offense 92.5 percentile2021 Week 13: Clemson at South Carolina · W 30–0; offense 62.1 percentile2021 Week 1: Clemson vs. Iowa State · W 20–13; offense 24.9 percentile2022 Week 1: Clemson vs. Georgia Tech · W 41–10; offense 46.3 percentile2022 Week 2: Clemson vs. Furman · W 35–12; offense 40.3 percentile2022 Week 3: Clemson vs. Louisiana Tech · W 48–20; offense 76.2 percentile2022 Week 4: Clemson at Wake Forest · W 51–45; offense 74.0 percentile2022 Week 5: Clemson vs. NC State · W 30–20; offense 51.5 percentile2022 Week 6: Clemson at Boston College · W 31–3; offense 31.0 percentile2022 Week 7: Clemson at Florida State · W 34–28; offense 78.4 percentile2022 Week 8: Clemson vs. Syracuse · W 27–21; offense 74.6 percentile2022 Week 10: Clemson at Notre Dame · L 14–35; offense 32.4 percentile2022 Week 11: Clemson vs. Louisville · W 31–16; offense 65.7 percentile2022 Week 12: Clemson vs. Miami · W 40–10; offense 64.6 percentile2022 Week 13: Clemson vs. South Carolina · L 30–31; offense 36.4 percentile2022 Week 14: Clemson vs. North Carolina · W 39–10; offense 59.2 percentile2022 Week 1: Clemson vs. Tennessee · L 14–31; offense 37.9 percentile2023 Week 1: Clemson at Duke · L 7–28; offense 48.3 percentile2023 Week 2: Clemson vs. Charleston Southern · W 66–17; offense 80.9 percentile2023 Week 3: Clemson vs. Florida Atlantic · W 48–14; offense 70.8 percentile2023 Week 4: Clemson vs. Florida State · L 24–31; offense 71.3 percentile2023 Week 5: Clemson at Syracuse · W 31–14; offense 38.4 percentile2023 Week 6: Clemson vs. Wake Forest · W 17–12; offense 32.9 percentile2023 Week 8: Clemson at Miami · L 20–28; offense 26.7 percentile2023 Week 9: Clemson at NC State · L 17–24; offense 30.6 percentile2023 Week 10: Clemson vs. Notre Dame · W 31–23; offense 33.6 percentile2023 Week 11: Clemson vs. Georgia Tech · W 42–21; offense 61.2 percentile2023 Week 12: Clemson vs. North Carolina · W 31–20; offense 45.0 percentile2023 Week 13: Clemson at South Carolina · W 16–7; offense 34.5 percentile2023 Week 1: Clemson vs. Kentucky · W 38–35; offense 38.1 percentile2024 Week 1: Clemson vs. Georgia · L 3–34; offense 7.1 percentile2024 Week 2: Clemson vs. App State · W 66–20; offense 91.3 percentile2024 Week 4: Clemson vs. NC State · W 59–35; offense 81.9 percentile2024 Week 5: Clemson vs. Stanford · W 40–14; offense 34.2 percentile2024 Week 6: Clemson at Florida State · W 29–13; offense 78.5 percentile2024 Week 7: Clemson at Wake Forest · W 49–14; offense 97.9 percentile2024 Week 8: Clemson vs. Virginia · W 48–31; offense 97.1 percentile2024 Week 10: Clemson vs. Louisville · L 21–33; offense 36.9 percentile2024 Week 11: Clemson at Virginia Tech · W 24–14; offense 48.5 percentile2024 Week 12: Clemson at Pittsburgh · W 24–20; offense 17.4 percentile2024 Week 13: Clemson vs. The Citadel · W 51–14; offense 95.6 percentile2024 Week 14: Clemson vs. South Carolina · L 14–17; offense 54.1 percentile2024 Week 15: Clemson vs. SMU · W 34–31; offense 42.0 percentile2024 Week 1: Clemson at Texas · L 24–38; offense 71.2 percentile2025 Week 1: Clemson vs. LSU · L 10–17; offense 12.4 percentile2025 Week 2: Clemson vs. Troy · W 27–16; offense 54.5 percentile2025 Week 3: Clemson at Georgia Tech · L 21–24; offense 78.1 percentile2025 Week 4: Clemson vs. Syracuse · L 21–34; offense 20.8 percentile2025 Week 6: Clemson at North Carolina · W 38–10; offense 84.2 percentile2025 Week 7: Clemson at Boston College · W 41–10; offense 86.0 percentile2025 Week 8: Clemson vs. SMU · L 24–35; offense 33.4 percentile2025 Week 10: Clemson vs. Duke · L 45–46; offense 90.2 percentile2025 Week 11: Clemson vs. Florida State · W 24–10; offense 38.6 percentile2025 Week 12: Clemson at Louisville · W 20–19; offense 48.2 percentile2025 Week 13: Clemson vs. Furman · W 45–10; offense 39.6 percentile2025 Week 14: Clemson at South Carolina · W 28–14; offense 42.7 percentile2025 Week 1: Clemson vs. Penn State · L 10–22; offense 20.5 percentile2026 Week 1: Clemson at LSU · L 10–51; offense 4.1 percentile2014 offense season mean: 38.9 percentile2015 offense season mean: 82.5 percentile2016 offense season mean: 83.6 percentile2017 offense season mean: 70.7 percentile2018 offense season mean: 83.8 percentile2019 offense season mean: 89.1 percentile2020 offense season mean: 82.5 percentile2021 offense season mean: 39.7 percentile2022 offense season mean: 55.4 percentile2023 offense season mean: 47.3 percentile2024 offense season mean: 66.5 percentile2025 offense season mean: 50.8 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 43.0 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 4.1 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Clemson at Georgia · L 21–45; defense 59.2 percentile2014 Week 2: Clemson vs. South Carolina State · W 73–7; defense 95.4 percentile2014 Week 4: Clemson at Florida State · L 17–23; defense 98.1 percentile2014 Week 5: Clemson vs. North Carolina · W 50–35; defense 42.4 percentile2014 Week 6: Clemson vs. NC State · W 41–0; defense 95.3 percentile2014 Week 7: Clemson vs. Louisville · W 23–17; defense 93.9 percentile2014 Week 8: Clemson at Boston College · W 17–13; defense 96.3 percentile2014 Week 9: Clemson vs. Syracuse · W 16–6; defense 91.5 percentile2014 Week 11: Clemson at Wake Forest · W 34–20; defense 88.8 percentile2014 Week 12: Clemson at Georgia Tech · L 6–28; defense 93.3 percentile2014 Week 13: Clemson vs. Georgia State · W 28–0; defense 97.3 percentile2014 Week 14: Clemson vs. South Carolina · W 35–17; defense 96.6 percentile2014 Week 1: Clemson vs. Oklahoma · W 40–6; defense 98.6 percentile2015 Week 1: Clemson vs. Wofford · W 49–10; defense 85.6 percentile2015 Week 2: Clemson vs. App State · W 41–10; defense 99.3 percentile2015 Week 3: Clemson at Louisville · W 20–17; defense 99.1 percentile2015 Week 5: Clemson vs. Notre Dame · W 24–22; defense 89.9 percentile2015 Week 6: Clemson vs. Georgia Tech · W 43–24; defense 95.0 percentile2015 Week 7: Clemson vs. Boston College · W 34–17; defense 58.6 percentile2015 Week 8: Clemson at Miami · W 58–0; defense 97.8 percentile2015 Week 9: Clemson at NC State · W 56–41; defense 69.0 percentile2015 Week 10: Clemson vs. Florida State · W 23–13; defense 77.8 percentile2015 Week 11: Clemson at Syracuse · W 37–27; defense 54.2 percentile2015 Week 12: Clemson vs. Wake Forest · W 33–13; defense 87.9 percentile2015 Week 13: Clemson at South Carolina · W 37–32; defense 54.1 percentile2015 Week 14: Clemson vs. North Carolina · W 45–37; defense 89.1 percentile2015 Week 1: Clemson vs. Oklahoma · W 37–17; defense 95.0 percentile2015 Week 1: Clemson vs. Alabama · L 40–45; defense 32.8 percentile2016 Week 1: Clemson at Auburn · W 19–13; defense 99.1 percentile2016 Week 2: Clemson vs. Troy · W 30–24; defense 90.4 percentile2016 Week 3: Clemson vs. South Carolina State · W 59–0; defense 84.9 percentile2016 Week 4: Clemson at Georgia Tech · W 26–7; defense 98.9 percentile2016 Week 5: Clemson vs. Louisville · W 42–36; defense 83.8 percentile2016 Week 6: Clemson at Boston College · W 56–10; defense 68.5 percentile2016 Week 7: Clemson vs. NC State · W 24–17; defense 46.8 percentile2016 Week 9: Clemson at Florida State · W 37–34; defense 48.3 percentile2016 Week 10: Clemson vs. Syracuse · W 54–0; defense 83.2 percentile2016 Week 11: Clemson vs. Pittsburgh · L 42–43; defense 53.4 percentile2016 Week 12: Clemson at Wake Forest · W 35–13; defense 90.3 percentile2016 Week 13: Clemson vs. South Carolina · W 56–7; defense 76.1 percentile2016 Week 14: Clemson vs. Virginia Tech · W 42–35; defense 56.1 percentile2016 Week 1: Clemson vs. Ohio State · W 31–0; defense 97.5 percentile2016 Week 1: Clemson vs. Alabama · W 35–31; defense 84.3 percentile2017 Week 1: Clemson vs. Kent State · W 56–3; defense 86.6 percentile2017 Week 2: Clemson vs. Auburn · W 14–6; defense 94.6 percentile2017 Week 3: Clemson at Louisville · W 47–21; defense 87.1 percentile2017 Week 4: Clemson vs. Boston College · W 34–7; defense 91.9 percentile2017 Week 5: Clemson at Virginia Tech · W 31–17; defense 85.4 percentile2017 Week 6: Clemson vs. Wake Forest · W 28–14; defense 90.3 percentile2017 Week 7: Clemson at Syracuse · L 24–27; defense 40.2 percentile2017 Week 9: Clemson vs. Georgia Tech · W 24–10; defense 97.0 percentile2017 Week 10: Clemson at NC State · W 38–31; defense 47.0 percentile2017 Week 11: Clemson vs. Florida State · W 31–14; defense 88.6 percentile2017 Week 12: Clemson vs. The Citadel · W 61–3; defense 78.1 percentile2017 Week 13: Clemson at South Carolina · W 34–10; defense 85.6 percentile2017 Week 14: Clemson vs. Miami · W 38–3; defense 82.7 percentile2017 Week 1: Clemson vs. Alabama · L 6–24; defense 89.7 percentile2018 Week 1: Clemson vs. Furman · W 48–7; defense 92.7 percentile2018 Week 2: Clemson at Texas A&M · W 28–26; defense 66.4 percentile2018 Week 3: Clemson vs. Georgia Southern · W 38–7; defense 96.9 percentile2018 Week 4: Clemson at Georgia Tech · W 49–21; defense 99.4 percentile2018 Week 5: Clemson vs. Syracuse · W 27–23; defense 92.5 percentile2018 Week 6: Clemson at Wake Forest · W 63–3; defense 99.9 percentile2018 Week 8: Clemson vs. NC State · W 41–7; defense 95.6 percentile2018 Week 9: Clemson at Florida State · W 59–10; defense 88.0 percentile2018 Week 10: Clemson vs. Louisville · W 77–16; defense 72.1 percentile2018 Week 11: Clemson at Boston College · W 27–7; defense 99.9 percentile2018 Week 12: Clemson vs. Duke · W 35–6; defense 90.6 percentile2018 Week 13: Clemson vs. South Carolina · W 56–35; defense 17.1 percentile2018 Week 14: Clemson vs. Pittsburgh · W 42–10; defense 97.9 percentile2018 Week 1: Clemson vs. Notre Dame · W 30–3; defense 88.9 percentile2018 Week 1: Clemson vs. Alabama · W 44–16; defense 84.3 percentile2019 Week 1: Clemson vs. Georgia Tech · W 52–14; defense 75.8 percentile2019 Week 2: Clemson vs. Texas A&M · W 24–10; defense 89.1 percentile2019 Week 3: Clemson at Syracuse · W 41–6; defense 99.8 percentile2019 Week 4: Clemson vs. Charlotte · W 52–10; defense 92.3 percentile2019 Week 5: Clemson at North Carolina · W 21–20; defense 76.7 percentile2019 Week 7: Clemson vs. Florida State · W 45–14; defense 78.2 percentile2019 Week 8: Clemson at Louisville · W 45–10; defense 88.8 percentile2019 Week 9: Clemson vs. Boston College · W 59–7; defense 97.7 percentile2019 Week 10: Clemson vs. Wofford · W 59–14; defense 66.4 percentile2019 Week 11: Clemson at NC State · W 55–10; defense 91.9 percentile2019 Week 12: Clemson vs. Wake Forest · W 52–3; defense 99.3 percentile2019 Week 14: Clemson at South Carolina · W 38–3; defense 91.3 percentile2019 Week 15: Clemson vs. Virginia · W 62–17; defense 47.5 percentile2019 Week 1: Clemson vs. Ohio State · W 29–23; defense 96.1 percentile2019 Week 1: Clemson vs. LSU · L 25–42; defense 49.2 percentile2020 Week 2: Clemson at Wake Forest · W 37–13; defense 97.4 percentile2020 Week 3: Clemson vs. The Citadel · W 49–0; defense 95.6 percentile2020 Week 5: Clemson vs. Virginia · W 41–23; defense 56.8 percentile2020 Week 6: Clemson vs. Miami · W 42–17; defense 97.3 percentile2020 Week 7: Clemson at Georgia Tech · W 73–7; defense 99.4 percentile2020 Week 8: Clemson vs. Syracuse · W 47–21; defense 34.9 percentile2020 Week 9: Clemson vs. Boston College · W 34–28; defense 56.1 percentile2020 Week 10: Clemson at Notre Dame · L 40–47; defense 65.9 percentile2020 Week 13: Clemson vs. Pittsburgh · W 52–17; defense 64.4 percentile2020 Week 14: Clemson at Virginia Tech · W 45–10; defense 96.0 percentile2020 Week 16: Clemson vs. Notre Dame · W 34–10; defense 99.5 percentile2020 Week 1: Clemson vs. Ohio State · L 28–49; defense 13.5 percentile2021 Week 1: Clemson vs. Georgia · L 3–10; defense 91.4 percentile2021 Week 2: Clemson vs. South Carolina State · W 49–3; defense 84.8 percentile2021 Week 3: Clemson vs. Georgia Tech · W 14–8; defense 88.6 percentile2021 Week 4: Clemson at NC State · L 21–27; defense 83.7 percentile2021 Week 5: Clemson vs. Boston College · W 19–13; defense 92.9 percentile2021 Week 7: Clemson at Syracuse · W 17–14; defense 74.7 percentile2021 Week 8: Clemson at Pittsburgh · L 17–27; defense 61.4 percentile2021 Week 9: Clemson vs. Florida State · W 30–20; defense 88.1 percentile2021 Week 10: Clemson at Louisville · W 30–24; defense 83.1 percentile2021 Week 11: Clemson vs. UConn · W 44–7; defense 95.8 percentile2021 Week 12: Clemson vs. Wake Forest · W 48–27; defense 91.4 percentile2021 Week 13: Clemson at South Carolina · W 30–0; defense 96.4 percentile2021 Week 1: Clemson vs. Iowa State · W 20–13; defense 90.8 percentile2022 Week 1: Clemson vs. Georgia Tech · W 41–10; defense 92.4 percentile2022 Week 2: Clemson vs. Furman · W 35–12; defense 23.4 percentile2022 Week 3: Clemson vs. Louisiana Tech · W 48–20; defense 74.8 percentile2022 Week 4: Clemson at Wake Forest · W 51–45; defense 44.6 percentile2022 Week 5: Clemson vs. NC State · W 30–20; defense 72.2 percentile2022 Week 6: Clemson at Boston College · W 31–3; defense 95.7 percentile2022 Week 7: Clemson at Florida State · W 34–28; defense 79.9 percentile2022 Week 8: Clemson vs. Syracuse · W 27–21; defense 67.2 percentile2022 Week 10: Clemson at Notre Dame · L 14–35; defense 55.2 percentile2022 Week 11: Clemson vs. Louisville · W 31–16; defense 83.7 percentile2022 Week 12: Clemson vs. Miami · W 40–10; defense 92.1 percentile2022 Week 13: Clemson vs. South Carolina · L 30–31; defense 68.8 percentile2022 Week 14: Clemson vs. North Carolina · W 39–10; defense 75.6 percentile2022 Week 1: Clemson vs. Tennessee · L 14–31; defense 96.3 percentile2023 Week 1: Clemson at Duke · L 7–28; defense 45.6 percentile2023 Week 2: Clemson vs. Charleston Southern · W 66–17; defense 76.5 percentile2023 Week 3: Clemson vs. Florida Atlantic · W 48–14; defense 88.4 percentile2023 Week 4: Clemson vs. Florida State · L 24–31; defense 90.3 percentile2023 Week 5: Clemson at Syracuse · W 31–14; defense 65.6 percentile2023 Week 6: Clemson vs. Wake Forest · W 17–12; defense 83.6 percentile2023 Week 8: Clemson at Miami · L 20–28; defense 85.4 percentile2023 Week 9: Clemson at NC State · L 17–24; defense 87.3 percentile2023 Week 10: Clemson vs. Notre Dame · W 31–23; defense 89.6 percentile2023 Week 11: Clemson vs. Georgia Tech · W 42–21; defense 78.0 percentile2023 Week 12: Clemson vs. North Carolina · W 31–20; defense 58.9 percentile2023 Week 13: Clemson at South Carolina · W 16–7; defense 93.3 percentile2023 Week 1: Clemson vs. Kentucky · W 38–35; defense 52.5 percentile2024 Week 1: Clemson vs. Georgia · L 3–34; defense 27.9 percentile2024 Week 2: Clemson vs. App State · W 66–20; defense 53.0 percentile2024 Week 4: Clemson vs. NC State · W 59–35; defense 64.2 percentile2024 Week 5: Clemson vs. Stanford · W 40–14; defense 61.1 percentile2024 Week 6: Clemson at Florida State · W 29–13; defense 48.7 percentile2024 Week 7: Clemson at Wake Forest · W 49–14; defense 62.5 percentile2024 Week 8: Clemson vs. Virginia · W 48–31; defense 40.7 percentile2024 Week 10: Clemson vs. Louisville · L 21–33; defense 50.3 percentile2024 Week 11: Clemson at Virginia Tech · W 24–14; defense 99.9 percentile2024 Week 12: Clemson at Pittsburgh · W 24–20; defense 84.4 percentile2024 Week 13: Clemson vs. The Citadel · W 51–14; defense 14.3 percentile2024 Week 14: Clemson vs. South Carolina · L 14–17; defense 40.4 percentile2024 Week 15: Clemson vs. SMU · W 34–31; defense 62.4 percentile2024 Week 1: Clemson at Texas · L 24–38; defense 31.3 percentile2025 Week 1: Clemson vs. LSU · L 10–17; defense 64.8 percentile2025 Week 2: Clemson vs. Troy · W 27–16; defense 62.7 percentile2025 Week 3: Clemson at Georgia Tech · L 21–24; defense 90.1 percentile2025 Week 4: Clemson vs. Syracuse · L 21–34; defense 21.9 percentile2025 Week 6: Clemson at North Carolina · W 38–10; defense 91.8 percentile2025 Week 7: Clemson at Boston College · W 41–10; defense 80.9 percentile2025 Week 8: Clemson vs. SMU · L 24–35; defense 56.4 percentile2025 Week 10: Clemson vs. Duke · L 45–46; defense 21.7 percentile2025 Week 11: Clemson vs. Florida State · W 24–10; defense 77.4 percentile2025 Week 12: Clemson at Louisville · W 20–19; defense 60.0 percentile2025 Week 13: Clemson vs. Furman · W 45–10; defense 35.6 percentile2025 Week 14: Clemson at South Carolina · W 28–14; defense 46.9 percentile2025 Week 1: Clemson vs. Penn State · L 10–22; defense 52.7 percentile2026 Week 1: Clemson at LSU · L 10–51; defense 4.1 percentile2014 defense season mean: 92.6 percentile2015 defense season mean: 85.8 percentile2016 defense season mean: 83.3 percentile2017 defense season mean: 84.8 percentile2018 defense season mean: 92.9 percentile2019 defense season mean: 88.8 percentile2020 defense season mean: 84.3 percentile2021 defense season mean: 88.1 percentile2022 defense season mean: 77.0 percentile2023 defense season mean: 79.0 percentile2024 defense season mean: 58.4 percentile2025 defense season mean: 60.6 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 51.8 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 4.1 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band

How to read 2026

The current-season estimate intelligently blends last season with new data.

The 2026 estimate is a Bayesian weighted average of normal-score Z-values. The 2025 season mean counts like 8 games of prior evidence; each completed 2026 game counts once. The result is then translated back to the 0–100 percentile scale.

2026 Z = (8 × 2025 mean Z + games played × 2026 mean Z) ÷ (8 + games played)

Season record

Every annual grade and coach

Retrospective rows average the available single-game grades in normal-score space. The result is shown as a percentile. Roughly speaking, a 95th-percentile season corresponds to about the eighth-best team in a 160-team field.

SeasonHead coachGamesOffenseDefense
2026Live estimateDabo Swinney1
43.0 estimate4.1 games-only average
51.8 estimate4.1 games-only average
2025Dabo Swinney1350.860.6
2024Dabo Swinney1466.558.4
2023Dabo Swinney1347.379.0
2022Dabo Swinney1455.477.0
2021Dabo Swinney1339.788.1
2020Dabo Swinney1282.584.3
2019Dabo Swinney1589.188.8
2018Dabo Swinney1583.892.9
2017Dabo Swinney1470.784.8
2016Dabo Swinney1583.683.3
2015Dabo Swinney1582.585.8
2014Dabo Swinney1338.992.6