Clemson vs. Louisville

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Clemson’s biggest win2018: Clemson 77, Louisville 16by 61 points
2. Louisville’s biggest win2024: Louisville 33, Clemson 21by 12 points
3. Upset2024: Louisville 33, Clemson 21Louisville had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset2025: Clemson 20, Louisville 19Clemson had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Ranked showdown2016: Clemson 42, Louisville 36No. 3 Louisville at No. 5 Clemson
6. Ranked showdown2017: Clemson 47, Louisville 21No. 3 Clemson at No. 14 Louisville

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Clemson’s side (Swinney 5–⁠0 against Petrino). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game twice: 2017, 2016.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA). Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Clemson vs. South Carolina117 meetings, Clemson 70–⁠43–⁠4
• Clemson vs. NC State91 meetings, Clemson 60–⁠30–⁠1
• Clemson vs. Wake Forest90 meetings, Clemson 72–⁠17–⁠1
• Clemson vs. Georgia Tech88 meetings, Clemson 34–⁠52–⁠2
• Louisville vs. Cincinnati46 meetings, Louisville 23–⁠22–⁠1
• Louisville vs. Memphis41 meetings, Louisville 24–⁠17
• Louisville vs. Kentucky34 meetings, Louisville 17–⁠17
• Louisville vs. Southern Miss26 meetings, Louisville 10–⁠15–⁠1