Texas vs. Clemson prediction, pick, College Football Playoff odds, spread, TV channel, where to watch, stream

No. 12 seed Clemson will travel to face No. 5 seed Texas on Saturday for a first-round matchup in the College Football Playoff. The Longhorns (11-2) are the highest-seeded non-conference champion, while the Tigers (10-3) snuck into the playoff as the lowest-ranked team thanks to their ACC championship win over SMU.

Texas carries legitimate national championship hopes entering the playoff. The Longhorns’ only two losses this season have come against Georgia, and they won 10 of their 11 other games this season by 10-plus points. Texas fell to Washington in the College Football Playoff semifinals last season.

Clemson’s path, meanwhile, has been much rockier. The Tigers lost to Georgia in Week 1 and later stumbled against Louisville and South Carolina. This is Clemson’s first playoff appearance since 2020 after appearing six straight seasons from 2015-20.

Texas vs. Clemson: Need To Know

Familiar QB matchup: This isn’t the first time Texas’ Quinn Ewers and Clemson’s Cade Klubnick have faced off in a playoff game. It happened back in January 2021 when Texas powers Westlake High School and Southlake Carroll High School met in the 2021 6A state title game. Back then, the game was far more about the coaches — Westlake’s Todd Dodge (the former coach at North Texas) squared off with his son, Riley, the coach of Southlake Carroll – but there were five-star quarterbacks on both sidelines that day. Klubnik and Westlake got the better of that matchup, winning 52-34. 

Westlake would go on to win another state championship the following season, but by that point, Ewers had already skipped his senior season and enrolled early at Ohio State.

Of note: Klubnik will be on the opposite sideline Saturday from his high school teammate, standout…

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Author : Chris Hummer

Publish date : 2024-12-20 22:28:00

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