With Week 0 now in the rearview mirror, Clemson is just two days away from opening its 2026 season in one of the biggest games of the Week 1 slate.
The betting market has made another slight adjustment ahead of Saturday night’s matchup at No. 11 LSU.
Clemson is currently a 10-point underdog for the trip to Baton Rouge, with theTigers sitting at +295 on the moneyline. The over/under has also dropped to 50.5 points.
It is another small move in Clemson’s direction after the spread had climbed back to 10.5 points recently. The line originally opened with Clemson as an 11.5-point underdog before dropping as low as 9.5 during the offseason.
Now, with kickoff getting closer, the number has settled right in the middle of that range.
There has certainly been
no shortage of attention surrounding LSU during game week. Lane Kiffin’s program has been at the center of the ongoing debate over former NFL players potentially returning to college football, including LSU’s moves involving Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris.
For Clemson, though, the focus is finally shifting away from an offseason filled with questions and toward what happens on the field.
The Tigers are coming off a 7-6 season and enter the year unranked, while LSU begins the season at No. 11. That has made Dabo Swinney’s team a sizable road underdog despite Clemson receiving more votes than any other team outside the preseason AP Top 25.
The 50.5-point total is also worth watching.
Clemson’s defense should give the Tigers an opportunity to stay within striking distance, but the bigger question is what Chad Morris can get out of the offense in his return as offensive coordinator.
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Clemson doesn’t necessarily need to turn Saturday night into a high-scoring game. Keeping things manageable early and preventing LSU from feeding off the Tiger Stadium crowd could give Swinney’s team a chance to make things interesting deep into the second half.
At +295, oddsmakers are still making it clear that a Clemson victory would qualify as a significant upset.
But after months of waiting, projecting and watching the line move, the speculation is almost over. Clemson will finally get its chance to prove the betting market wrong Saturday night in Baton Rouge.
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