The Clemson Tigers are scheduled to face the Stanford Cardinal in ACC play Saturday in prime time at Death Valley.
As a new member of the ACC, it will be Stanford’s first trip to Clemson and the first time a team from the West Coast will visit Death Valley since Long Beach State opened the 1990 season against the Tigers. In that game, Clemson defeated Long Beach State, a team led by former NFL coach George Allen, 59-0.
As of Friday morning, oddsmakers have Clemson as a 21.5-point favorite over the Cardinal, per BetMGM Sportsbook. The staff at USA TODAY Sports all seem confident in that spread.
In their weekly college football predictions released on Thursday, the six-member panel of Dan Wolken, Paul Myerberg, Eddie Timanus, Scooby Axson, Jordan Mendoza and Erick Smith all picked the Tigers to win Saturday’s game against the Cardinal.
Clemson’s offense has been on fire since their season-opening loss to the Georgia Bulldogs in Atlanta, quickly flushing a Week 1 egg by lighting up Appalachian State in Week 2 and rival NC State last week.
The Tigers led the Wolfpack 28-0 after the first quarter and finished the afternoon with 523 yards of total offense, one game after racking up 712 yards against App State. Quarterback Cade Klubnik threw three touchdown passes and had a 55-yard touchdown run against NC State in a 16-of-24 showing through the air for 209 yards.
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Clemson moved up four spots in this week’s US LBM Coaches Poll and AP Top 25 Poll, reaching No. 15 in the Coaches Poll and No. 17 in the AP poll. Stanford (2-1) is unranked. The Cardinal defeated Syracuse, 26-24, last Friday at JMA Wireless Dome in New York.
Kickoff for Saturday’s game between Clemson and Stanford is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET. The game can be seen on ESPN.
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