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RALEIGH, N.C. — Clemson football is 4-4. It’s the first time in 13 years you can say that.
Not since 2010 have the Tigers (2-4 ACC) been .500 with four games remaining in the regular season. That year, Clemson finished 6-7 with a loss in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. After Saturday’s 24-17 loss at NC State (5-3, 2-2), even a bowl game is in jeopardy for the 2023 Tigers.
Two of Clemson’s final four games are against ranked opponents: No. 14 Notre Dame and No. 16 North Carolina. The Tigers almost certainly won’t be favored in either game, and while Clemson will have home-field advantage in both, it’s hard to imagine this team pulling an upset given how it has looked of late.
The Tigers keep finding ways to lose winnable games. They fell to an NC State team with one ACC win and, last week, a Miami team that entered with none. Clemson has now lost three games in which they outgained the opponent: The defense held NC State to 202 yards while the offense put up 364.
