The Cavaliers and Nittany Lions both closed out their seasons in style during the busiest day of the 2025-26 college football bowl season

On Tuesday, the ACC announced the conference league opponents for 2026, beginning the transitional period to the nine-game conference schedule. Next season, the Clemson Tigers will be one of only five programs in the conference to play eight ACC contests instead of nine,

Clemson is among 5 ACC teams playing 8 conference games in 2026, while the others play 9. Here's why and its impact on Clemson's future non-ACC games.

Clemson (7-6) concluded its 2025 campaign with a 22-10 defeat at the hands of Penn State (7-6) on Saturday afternoon in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium. The teams were locked in a 6-3 contest until the fourth quarter,