Clemson·ACC

2015 — The Top-10 Year

Clemson finished 2015 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.

Record 14-1
Final result 14-win season Lost the CFP title game
AP final #1 post-bowls
SP+ +16.0 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Wofford 49-10 W vs App Sta 41-10 W @ Louisv 20-17 W vs ND 24-22 W vs Geor Tec 43-24 W vs Bost Col 34-17 W @ Miami 58-0 W @ NC State 56-41 W vs FSU 23-13 W @ Syracuse 37-27 W vs Wake For 33-13 W @ S Caro 37-32 W vs UNC 45-37 W vs Okla 37-17 Bowl L vs Alabama 40-45 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2015.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2015 season's largest margin: Clemson 58, Miami 0. A 58-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Clemson 40, Alabama 45. A 5-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Clemson fell to Alabama 40-45 in the postseason.

"All in"
— Clemson fanbase voice · 2015· synthesized
What it meant

2015 is a middle chapter for Clemson — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.