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1968 South Carolina

4–⁠6 (4–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Paul Dietzel.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1968, game by game: lost vs. Duke 7–14; won at North Carolina 32–27; lost vs. No. 16 Georgia 20–21; lost at NC State 12–36; lost at Maryland 19–21; lost vs. No. 20 Florida State 28–35; won at Virginia 49–28; won at Wake Forest 34–21; lost vs. Virginia Tech 6–17; won at Clemson 7–3+21−24Lost 7–14 vs. Duke-7DukeWon 32–27 at North Carolina+5North CarolinaLost 20–21 vs. No. 16 Georgia-1No. 16 GeorgiaLost 12–36 at NC State-24NC StateLost 19–21 at Maryland-2MarylandLost 28–35 vs. No. 20 Florida State-7No. 20 Florida StateWon 49–28 at Virginia+21VirginiaWon 34–21 at Wake Forest+13Wake ForestLost 6–17 vs. Virginia Tech-11Virginia TechWon 7–3 at Clemson+4Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsDukeL 7–⁠1453%
Sep 28atNorth CarolinaW 32–⁠2749%
Oct 5vs16GeorgiaL 20–⁠2131%
Oct 12atNC StateL 12–⁠3625%
Oct 19atMarylandL 19–⁠2151%
Oct 26vs20Florida StateL 28–⁠3529%
Nov 2atVirginiaW 49–⁠2825%
Nov 9atWake ForestW 34–⁠2138%
Nov 16vsVirginia TechL 6–⁠1742%
Nov 23atClemsonW 7–⁠330%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Clemson 7–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 59th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
214–⁠223
Coach
Paul Dietzel
Elo
1490 +44 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.3 No. 44 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Johnny Gregory and Benny Galloway

All-ACC

2 first team

First team

  • Fred ZeiglerEAP
  • Wally OrrelDBAP

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
NC State6–⁠16–⁠4
Clemson4–⁠1–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Virginia3–⁠27–⁠3
South Carolina4–⁠34–⁠6
Duke3–⁠44–⁠6
Wake Forest2–⁠3–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Maryland2–⁠52–⁠8
North Carolina1–⁠63–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.