The underdog role is one that Clemson hasn’t had to play often in the last decade, but the Tigers enter that territory with a matchup against Texas Saturday.
ESPN released its predictions for the entire College Football Playoff with 12 writers giving their opinion. Not a single one picked No. 12 Clemson to take down the No. 5 Longhorns. There’s some extra bulletin board material for Dabo Swinney.
The betting line has Texas at -12 as of Friday and that matches the predictions. Here’s the full list of scores, with some predicting a blowout.
Andrea Adelson\
Texas 28, Clemson 14
Kyle Bonagura
Texas 31, Clemson 21
Bill Connelly
Texas 35, Clemson 16
David Hale
Texas 45, Clemson 27
Eli Lederman
Texas 41, Clemson 31
Chris Low
Texas 31, Clemson 14
Max Olson
Texas 31, Clemson 20
Adam Rittenberg
Texas 24, Clemson 16
Mark Schlabach
Texas 24, Clemson 20
Jake Trotter
Texas 24, Clemson 12
Paolo Uggetti
Texas 27, Clemson 14
Dave Wilson
Texas 27, Clemson 17