With the 2025 college football season set to kick off in one month, ESPN took a look at the swing game for every top 25 team, or the “key game that could determine whether each team’s season is a success or a dud.”
The swing game that ESPN highlighted for Clemson comes as no surprise – the highly anticipated season-opening showdown against LSU at Clemson’s Memorial Stadium on Aug. 30 (7:30 p.m., ABC).
“This one is fairly obvious,” ESPN’s Andrea Adelson wrote. “The Tigers open the season at home against LSU, a huge game that will serve to show whether all the hype surrounding Clemson is warranted.