Clemson may be the team playing for conference championships and national titles, but South Carolina owns the recent rivalry with the Tigers, winning five of the last seven meetings straight up and going 6-1 against the spread. Clemson shoots to reverse those trends and stay alive in the battle for a spot in the College Football Playoff when it takes on the Gamecocks in the 114th edition of the Palmetto Bowl on Saturday night at Death Valley.
Point spread: The Tigers opened as 24.5-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark (line updates and matchup report).