Rivalry leaderboard
Clemson-Florida State Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 71/100
- Overtime
- 2
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 37
- Series record
- Clemson 16-21 Florida State
- Tracked years
- 1970-2024
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
23 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1988Week 4
Florida State at Clemson
Florida State 24, Clemson 21
Winner: Florida State
No. 10 Florida State vs. No. 3 Clemson · 3-point margin
Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
71
Game score
- 1992Week 3
Florida State at Clemson
Florida State 24, Clemson 20
Winner: Florida State
No. 5 Florida State vs. No. 15 Clemson · 4-point margin
Ranking 32/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
63
Game score
- 2012Week 4
Clemson at Florida State
Clemson 37, Florida State 49
Winner: Florida State
No. 10 Clemson vs. No. 4 Florida State · 12-point margin
Ranking 38/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
61
Game score
Full Game · 2012 Florida State vs. Clemson (Regular Season Full Game)
- 1997Week 5
Florida State at Clemson
Florida State 35, Clemson 28
Winner: Florida State
No. 5 Florida State vs. No. 16 Clemson · 7-point margin
Ranking 31/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
59
Game score
- 1999Week 9
Florida State at Clemson
Florida State 17, Clemson 14
Winner: Florida State
No. 1 Florida State vs. Unranked Clemson · 3-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
- 1989Week 2
Clemson at Florida State
Clemson 34, Florida State 23
Winner: Clemson
No. 10 Clemson vs. No. 16 Florida State · 11-point margin
Ranking 26/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15
50
Game score
- 2013Week 8
Florida State at Clemson
Florida State 51, Clemson 14
Winner: Florida State
No. 5 Florida State vs. No. 3 Clemson · 37-point margin
Ranking 44/50 · Closeness 0/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
Full Game · 2013 Clemson vs. Florida State (Regular Season Full Game)
- 2003Week 12
Florida State at Clemson
Florida State 10, Clemson 26
Winner: Clemson
No. 3 Florida State vs. Unranked Clemson · 16-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 19/35 · Overtime 0/15
42
Game score
- 1995Week 3
Florida State at Clemson
Florida State 45, Clemson 26
Winner: Florida State
No. 1 Florida State vs. Unranked Clemson · 19-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 16/35 · Overtime 0/15
41
Game score
- 2000Week 11
Clemson at Florida State
Clemson 7, Florida State 54
Winner: Florida State
No. 10 Clemson vs. No. 4 Florida State · 47-point margin
Ranking 38/50 · Closeness 0/35 · Overtime 0/15
38
Game score
- 2004Week 5
Clemson at Florida State
Clemson 22, Florida State 41
Winner: Florida State
Unranked Clemson vs. No. 8 Florida State · 19-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 16/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1994Week 9
Clemson at Florida State
Clemson 0, Florida State 17
Winner: Florida State
Unranked Clemson vs. No. 10 Florida State · 17-point margin
Ranking 16/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 2002Week 7
Clemson at Florida State
Clemson 31, Florida State 48
Winner: Florida State
Unranked Clemson vs. No. 11 Florida State · 17-point margin
Ranking 15/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 2001Week 11
Florida State at Clemson
Florida State 41, Clemson 27
Winner: Florida State
No. 14 Florida State vs. Unranked Clemson · 14-point margin
Ranking 12/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1976Week 9
Clemson at Florida State
Clemson 15, Florida State 12
Winner: Clemson
Unranked Clemson vs. Unranked Florida State · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.