Clemson·ACC

2019 — The Top-10 Year

Clemson finished 2019 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 #3 post-bowls
SP+ +20.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Geor Tec 52-14 W vs Texas A&M 24-10 W @ Syracuse 41-6 W vs Charlo 52-10 W @ UNC 21-20 W vs FSU 45-14 W @ Louisv 45-10 W vs Bost Col 59-7 W vs Wofford 59-14 W @ NC State 55-10 W vs Wake For 52-3 W @ S Caro 38-3 W vs Virginia 62-17 W @ Ohio St 29-23 Bowl L @ LSU 25-42 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2019.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2019 season's largest margin: Clemson 59, Boston College 7. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Clemson 25, LSU 42. A 17-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Clemson fell to LSU 25-42 in the postseason.

"All in"
— Clemson fanbase voice · 2019· synthesized
What it meant

2019 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.