Overview

• Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, with national TV coverage on ABC.
• Clemson is priced around -4 to -4.5 with moneylines near -185 to -196 and totals between 55.5 and 57.5 across major sportsbooks.
• Quarterbacks Cade Klubnik and Garrett Nussmeier enter as Heisman candidates and projected 2026 first‑rounders, elevating the passing-game stakes.
• Clemson leans on continuity—four returning O-line starters, its top three receivers, and new defensive coordinator Tom Allen—while LSU features a portal-fueled roster but replaces multiple offensive linemen.
• Analysts highlight the trenches as decisive with Clemson’s Peter Woods and T. J. Parker testing LSU’s rebuilt front, and several betting previews favor LSU to cover and the over in a game many models project to be close.