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The Buzz: LSU Football vs. Clemson Tigers Will 'Likely' Be a Top-10 Matchup

Originally posted on LSU Tigers on SI | By Zack Nagy | Last updated May 14, 2025 8:00 AM ET

BATON ROUGE – A likely Top-10 matchup between LSU and Clemson to open the 2025 college football season will be televised on ABC and kickoff at 6:30 p.m. CT, ESPN announced on Tuesday.

LSU and Clemson will meet during the regular season for the first time when the teams square off on Saturday, Aug. 30, at Memorial Stadium.

It will be LSU’s first trip to Clemson’s Memorial Stadium and it marks the fourth consecutive year LSU’s season-opener will be televised in prime time on ABC.

The meeting with Clemson will be the first for the Tigers since the CFP National Championship Game in January of 2020 when LSU posted a 42-25 win in New Orleans.

Overall, LSU is 3-1 against Clemson with all four previous meetings coming during the postseason.

LSU’s other wins over Clemson came in the 1959 Sugar Bowl and the 1996 Peach Bowl. Clemson’s only win over LSU came in the 2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl.

LSU is coming off a 9-4 season capped with three straight wins including a 44-31 win over Baylor in the Texas Bowl. Clemson posted a 10-4 mark in 2024 and fell to Texas in the first round of the CFP Playoffs.

(Via LSU Football Press Release.)