The Clemson Insider has gone through and analyzed every team on Clemson’s 2016 regular season schedule to find the toughest matchups the Tigers will face. The result? A calculated ranking of every team Clemson plays from easiest to hardest.
Where a team ranks depends on a couple of main characteristics like last season’s outcome, prior meetings with Clemson, returning and departing talent, recruiting and changes within coaching staffs.
We begin our ranking with the No. 12 opponent: South Carolina State.
Last meeting: The last matchup between the two South Carolina teams occurred on Sept.