Clemson’s Halloween trip to Florida State now has a clear place on the calendar.
The Tigers will head to Tallahassee, Fla., on Oct. 31 for a 7 p.m. kickoff, according to an ACC release. The game will air on ACC Network.
Clemson enters the matchup at 4-2 overall and 2-1 in ACC play after rolling past Charleston Southern 37-0 at home. Florida State is 3-4 and 1-3 in the conference after a 43-35 overtime loss to No.
1 Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. Clemson also faced Miami earlier this month and fell 41-13 at home on Oct.
The Tigers have had the upper hand in recent meetings with the Seminoles, winning the last two matchups. That includes a 24-10 home win last season.
Clemson is 17-21 all time against Florida State, and Tigers coach Dabo Swinney is 4-1 against FSU coach Mike Norvell. The last time Clemson played in Tallahassee, it came away with a 29-13 win in 2024.
Before that trip, Clemson will host Virginia Tech this weekend in a 7 p.m. game on ESPN. Florida State is on bye.
“Got a quarterback that beat us last year who's a really good player, so it'd be a big challenge for us to to kind of finish what we call the primetime phase of our journey,” Swinney said.
Clemson’s schedule from here includes road games at Syracuse and Duke, plus home matchups with Georgia Tech and South Carolina, with several kickoff times still to be announced.
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