Rivalry leaderboard
Palmetto Bowl 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
- 57/100
- Overtime
- 0
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 116
- Series record
- Clemson 69-43-4 South Carolina
- Tracked years
- 1896-2024
- 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.
- 2013Week 14
Clemson at South Carolina
Clemson 17, South Carolina 31
Winner: South Carolina
No. 6 Clemson vs. No. 10 South Carolina · 14-point margin
Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
Full Game · 2013 South Carolina vs. Clemson (Regular Season Full Game)
- 2024Week 14
South Carolina at Clemson
South Carolina 17, Clemson 14
Winner: South Carolina
No. 16 South Carolina vs. No. 12 Clemson · 3-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
56
Game score
Highlight · 2024 Clemson vs. South Carolina (Regular Season Full Game)
- 1987Week 13
Clemson at South Carolina
Clemson 7, South Carolina 20
Winner: South Carolina
No. 13 Clemson vs. No. 8 South Carolina · 13-point margin
Ranking 31/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
53
Game score
- 2022Week 13
South Carolina at Clemson
South Carolina 31, Clemson 30
Winner: South Carolina
Unranked South Carolina vs. No. 7 Clemson · 1-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
53
Game score
Highlight · 2022 Clemson vs. South Carolina (Regular Season Full Game)
- 1984Week 14
South Carolina at Clemson
South Carolina 22, Clemson 21
Winner: South Carolina
No. 7 South Carolina vs. Unranked Clemson · 1-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
53
Game score
- 1979Week 13
Clemson at South Carolina
Clemson 9, South Carolina 13
Winner: South Carolina
No. 18 Clemson vs. No. 17 South Carolina · 4-point margin
Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
48
Game score
- 1950Week 6
South Carolina at Clemson
South Carolina 14, Clemson 14
Result: Tie
Unranked South Carolina vs. No. 14 Clemson · 0-point margin
Ranking 12/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
47
Game score
- 1948Week 7
Clemson at South Carolina
Clemson 13, South Carolina 7
Winner: Clemson
No. 9 Clemson vs. Unranked South Carolina · 6-point margin
Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
46
Game score
- 1977Week 12
Clemson at South Carolina
Clemson 31, South Carolina 27
Winner: Clemson
No. 13 Clemson vs. Unranked South Carolina · 4-point margin
Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 2000Week 13
South Carolina at Clemson
South Carolina 14, Clemson 16
Winner: Clemson
No. 25 South Carolina vs. No. 16 Clemson · 2-point margin
Ranking 11/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 1981Week 12
Clemson at South Carolina
Clemson 29, South Carolina 13
Winner: Clemson
No. 2 Clemson vs. Unranked South Carolina · 16-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 19/35 · Overtime 0/15
43
Game score
- 1945Week 8
South Carolina at Clemson
South Carolina 0, Clemson 0
Result: Tie
Unranked South Carolina vs. No. 18 Clemson · 0-point margin
Ranking 8/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
43
Game score
- 1956Week 7
Clemson at South Carolina
Clemson 7, South Carolina 0
Winner: Clemson
No. 13 Clemson vs. Unranked South Carolina · 7-point margin
Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
41
Game score
- 1983Week 13
Clemson at South Carolina
Clemson 22, South Carolina 13
Winner: Clemson
No. 12 Clemson vs. Unranked South Carolina · 9-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
40
Game score
- 1941Week 6
Clemson at South Carolina
Clemson 14, South Carolina 18
Winner: South Carolina
No. 18 Clemson vs. Unranked South Carolina · 4-point margin
Ranking 8/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
39
Game score
- 1978Week 13
South Carolina at Clemson
South Carolina 23, Clemson 41
Winner: Clemson
Unranked South Carolina vs. No. 7 Clemson · 18-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 17/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1990Week 13
South Carolina at Clemson
South Carolina 15, Clemson 24
Winner: Clemson
Unranked South Carolina vs. No. 16 Clemson · 9-point margin
Ranking 10/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1996Week 14
South Carolina at Clemson
South Carolina 34, Clemson 31
Winner: South Carolina
Unranked South Carolina vs. No. 22 Clemson · 3-point margin
Ranking 4/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1986Week 13
Clemson at South Carolina
Clemson 21, South Carolina 21
Result: Tie
Unranked Clemson vs. Unranked South Carolina · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1915Week 7
South Carolina at Clemson
South Carolina 0, Clemson 0
Result: Tie
Unranked South Carolina vs. Unranked Clemson · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
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.