Clemson·ACC

2022 — The Top-10 Year

Clemson finished 2022 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.

Record 11-3
Final result 11-win season Lost the Orange Bowl
AP final #10 post-bowls
SP+ +10.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Geor Tec 41-10 W vs Furman 35-12 W vs Loui Tec 48-20 W @ Wake For 51-45 W vs NC State 30-20 W @ Bost Col 31-3 W @ FSU 34-28 W vs Syracuse 27-21 L @ ND 14-35 W vs Louisv 31-16 W vs Miami 40-10 L vs S Caro 30-31 W @ UNC 39-10 L vs Tennes 14-31 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2022.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2022 season's largest margin: Clemson 41, Georgia Tech 10. A 31-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Clemson 14, Notre Dame 35. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Clemson fell to Tennessee 14-31 in the postseason.

"All in"
— Clemson fanbase voice · 2022· synthesized
What it meant

2022 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.