Clemson·ACC

2018 — The Top-10 Year

Clemson finished 2018 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.

Record 15-0
Final result 15-win season Won the CFP title game
AP final #2 post-bowls
SP+ +24.0 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Furman 48-7 W @ Texas A&M 28-26 W vs Geor Sou 38-7 W @ Geor Tec 49-21 W vs Syracuse 27-23 W @ Wake For 63-3 W vs NC State 41-7 W @ FSU 59-10 W vs Louisv 77-16 W @ Bost Col 27-7 W vs Duke 35-6 W vs S Caro 56-35 W @ Pittsb 42-10 W vs ND 30-3 Bowl W @ Alabama 44-16 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: Clemson 77, Louisville 16. A 61-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The postseason

The season's last act: Clemson beat Alabama 44-16 in the postseason.

"All in"
— Clemson fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 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.