MethodsWhere the numbers come from

Data

Game results, records, AP polls, betting lines and Elo ratings come from CollegeFootballData.com. Its game-by-game history for this series starts in 1902. The five games from 1896 to 1900 come from the Wikipedia results table, and together they match the schools' published all-time record. Betting lines start in 2013 and are averaged across the sportsbooks on record.

History that the numbers cannot show (Big Thursday, the 1902 incident, the trophy) comes from the sources linked beside each answer. Where sources disagreed, the answer says so or leaves the detail out.

Rivalry comparisons use a hand-picked list of 50 FBS rivalries. Records going into a game count every earlier game that season, including FCS opponents.

Download the data

Free to use with credit to Palmetto Bowl Data: every Clemson vs. South Carolina result, 1896 to 2025 (CSV), the same in JSON, and box scores, drives, efficiency and ratings for every game since 2007 (CSV).

Staying current

The site is a static Astro build served by a Cloudflare Worker. A scheduled job runs once a week during the season (Sundays, August through January) and once right after the 2026 game. Each run makes three requests: Clemson's games, South Carolina's games, and Clemson's betting lines. It recomputes the pick and stores it for the page to read. The job stops if fewer than 100 API calls remain in the month.

Historical figures were last rebuilt on October 17, 2026, covering games through 2025.

Reading the numbers

Most trends here come from small samples. Eight straight road covers is striking, but it is eight games. The stronger evidence is league-wide: across 50 rivalries and more than 500 games with a line, hosts finish about two points worse than the spread. Nothing on this site is betting advice.