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Clemson vs LSU prediction
Hypothetical matchup, 2026 season
CLEM 11% win89% LSU
14Projected
vs
31ProjectedNeutral site
Clemson Tigers
Record 4–3 · #69 in ratings
Neutral site
LSU Tigers
Record 6–2 · #3 in ratings
Home / away venueNeutral site
Normal (50)
Turnover and penalty data arrives with the next daily update, so this starts at normal.
- Power index
- 50 vs 99
- Projected
- LSU favored
- Differential
- 17.0 pts
Team A conference
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Team B conference
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10,000 simulated games at a neutral site, luck set to normal. These teams aren't scheduled to play this season.
For entertainment purposes only. These are simulated outcomes, not predictions to bet on.
- Projected spread
- LSU by 17.0
- Projected total
- 45.7
- Decided by 8 or fewer
- 22.7%
- Went to overtime
- 1.7%
- Clemson wins by 21+
- 0.4%
- LSU wins by 21+
- 39.6%
- Median score
- 14–31
- Model expectation
- 14.2–31.4
Every final margin
Each bar is a 3-point range. Bars on the right are Clemson wins, bars on the left are LSU wins. Hover a bar for its share of games.
Most common scores
- LSU 30, Clemson 1076 games
- LSU 34, Clemson 1076 games
- LSU 27, Clemson 775 games
- LSU 34, Clemson 773 games
- LSU 27, Clemson 1073 games
- LSU 30, Clemson 771 games
Where the edges are
Clemson offense vs LSU defenseOffense -4.2Defense +7.4Edge LSU: its defense is 11.6 points better than Clemson's offense.
LSU offense vs Clemson defenseOffense +10.1Defense +4.4Edge LSU: its offense is 5.6 points better than Clemson's defense.
| Stat | Clemson | LSU | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected points per play, offense | -0.03 | 0.28 | Higher is better |
| Expected points per play allowed | 0.01 | -0.05 | Lower is better |
| Offensive success rate | 36.8% | 51.9% | Higher is better |
| Success rate allowed | 40.3% | 32.9% | Lower is better |
| Points per game | 21.4 | 40.1 | Raw, not adjusted |
| Points allowed per game | 21.3 | 16.0 | Raw, not adjusted |
How the simulation works
Every team gets an offense and defense rating from this season's scores, adjusted for who they played: scoring 40 against a top defense counts for more than 40 against a weak one. Blowouts count as at most a 35-point win.
Each simulated game gives both teams about 10 possessions. Every possession ends in a touchdown, a field goal or nothing, with odds set by how the offense and defense match up, plus a little game-day randomness. Ties go to overtime.
Running it 10,000 times and counting the wins gives the win probability. Ratings use 2,508 completed games and update every morning.