#1 Clemson Tigers

The Clemson Tigers were 12-1 in 2016. They emerged victorious over the Alabama Crimson Tide, 35 to 31, in the CFP National Championship on January 9, 2017, and won their second National Championship.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Mon 1/9	@	ALA	W 35-31
Sat 12/31	vs	OSU	W 31-0
Sat 12/3	@	VT	W 42-35
Sat 11/26	vs	SC	W 56-7
Sat 11/19	@	WAKE	W 35-13

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

3,914

Watson

RUSH YDS

1,002

Gallman

REC YDS

1,171

Williams

2016 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Clemson	8-1	14-1
2	Florida State	5-3	10-3
3	Virginia Tech	6-3	10-4
4	Miami	5-3	9-4
5	Louisville	7-1	9-4

Latest Clemson Tigers News

Darian Mensah, Mark Fletcher Jr. lead unbeaten No. 4 Miami past Clemson 41-13

Oct 4, 2026

2016 Stats

See stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	15	588	7,555	1,220	6.2	2,546	591	4.3	5,009	629	8.0	20	114	405	134	235	36	95	872
Team Rank		3rd	1st	1st	34th	48th	18th	76th	3rd	3rd	32nd	32nd	103rd	1st	40th	2nd	1st	114th	116th
Opponent	15	270	4,682	1,056	4.6	1,954	525	3.7	2,728	483	5.6	48	330	255	102	116	37	118	1,012
Opponent Rank		16th	30th	122nd	6th	46th	82nd	24th	43rd	114th	2nd	3rd	3rd	42nd	41st	33rd	128th	1st	1st
Net		+318	+2,873	+164	+1.5	+592	+66	+0.6	+2,281	+146	+2.3	-28	-216	+150	+32	+119	-1	-23	-140
Net Rank		4th	2nd	3rd	13th	44th	35th	49th	1st	8th	10th	3rd	126th	1st	33rd	1st	70th	7th	22nd

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,848

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,588

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.0

357.0

346.5

341.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
3	Memphis	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	Army	2	2	.500
7	Temple	2	3	.400
8	South Florida	4	2	.667
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Louisiana	4	1	.800
4	Georgia State	4	1	.800
5	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
6	Troy	3	2	.600
7	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
8	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
9	Marshall	3	2	.600
10	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Arkansas State	2	4	.333
14	Old Dominion	1	4	.200

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200