What To Watch For This Week: No. 1 Clemson vs. Wake Forest

- One year after playing the earliest season opener in school history (Aug. 29, 2019 vs. Georgia Tech), Clemson playing its latest season opener since 1986 (Sept. 13, 1986 vs. Virginia Tech).

- Clemson opening the season against an ACC opponent for only the 14th time since the conference’s founding in 1953. Clemson is 10-2-1 against ACC opponents in Week 1 contests all-time, including a 52-14 home win against Georgia Tech last season.

- Clemson opening conference play on the road the for the seventh time in eight years. Clemson has won each of its last five conference openers since 2015, tied for the longest conference-opener winning streak in school history (five from 1980-84).

- Clemson opening the season against Wake Forest this year, after opening against Georgia Tech last season, representing the first time Clemson has opened with an ACC foe in back-to-back years since a five-season stretch of in-conference season openers across the 1965-69 seasons.

- Clemson attempting to improve to 94-23-8 all-time in season openers, regardless of site. Clemson has won 28 of its last 35 openers, including a 10-1 mark in openers under Dabo Swinney and victories in each of the last five season debuts.

- Clemson opening a season on the road for the first time since 2016, when second-ranked Clemson defeated Auburn, 19-13, at Jordan-Hare Stadium to kick off an eventual national championship campaign.

- Clemson seeking its 13th consecutive victory in true road games, which would break the school-record 12-game streak set across the 2015-17 seasons.

- Clemson attempting to improve to 68-17-1 all-time against Wake Forest. Clemson's current 67 all-time wins against Wake Forest are its second-most against any opponent in school history, trailing the Tigers' 71 wins against South Carolina.

- Clemson attempting to win its 12th consecutive game against Wake Forest, dating back to 2009. It would mark Clemson's second 12-game winning streak in series history, trailing a 15-game streak from 1977-91. Clemson's current 11-game winning streak against Wake Forest is the Tigers' longest active winning streak against an ACC foe.

- Clemson attempting to earn a sixth straight road victory against Wake Forest, dating back to 2010. Clemson's last loss in Winston-Salem came in 2008, leading to Dabo Swinney being named Clemson's Interim Head Coach four days later.

- Clemson attempting to record a six-game road winning streak against a single opponent for the eighth time in school history. It would be Clemson's first such streak since 1989-99, when Clemson won six straight against South Carolina in Columbia.

- Clemson attempting to defeat its 23rd consecutive ACC opponent, including postseason play, dating to October 2017 against Georgia Tech. Clemson's 22 consecutive victories against conference opponents (including postseason play) is already the longest such streak in school history.

- Head Coach Dabo Swinney attempting to improve to 12-0 as a head coach against Wake Forest. Wake Forest is one of five ACC schools against whom Swinney is undefeated as head coach, a list that also includes Duke (3-0), Louisville (6-0), Virginia (4-0) and Virginia Tech (5-0). Swinney is also 2-0 vs. temporary ACC member Notre Dame.

- Though 2020 will technically be played sans divisions, Clemson attempting to defeat a traditional ACC Atlantic Division opponent for a 15th straight time and for the 35th time in 36 opportunities.

- Clemson attempting to push its winning streak in Saturday games to 44 to extend the longest Saturday winning streak in school history. Clemson's current 43-game run of consecutive Saturday victories is the longest active streak in the country.

- Clemson attempting to hold Wake Forest to three or fewer points for a third straight meeting (63-3 in 2018, 52-3 in 2019). It would be Clemson's first time holding a single opponent to three or fewer points in three straight meetings since doing so in three games against The Citadel in 1978, 1986 and 2000. It would be Clemson's first time doing so against an FBS opponent and ACC opponent since a four-game streak against Maryland from 1993-96 in which the Tigers produced three straight shutouts from 1993-95 plus a 35-3 win in 1996.

- Travis Etienne (17) rushing for 100 yards to break Wayne Gallman's Clemson record for career 100-yard rushing games (17 from 2014-16).

- Etienne (56) needing four more rushing touchdowns to become only the 12th player in FBS history to record 60 career rushing touchdowns, a mark reached only by Navy's Keenan Reynolds (88), Wisconsin's Montee Ball (77), Miami (Ohio)'s Travis Prentice (73), Texas' Ricky Williams (72), Louisiana Tech's Kenneth Dixon (72), Florida Atlantic's Devin Singletary (66), Indiana's Anthony Thompson (64), Texas' Cedric Benson (64), Wisconsin's Ron Dayne (63), San Diego State's Donnel Pumphrey (62) and Oregon's Royce Freeman (60).

- Etienne entering the game with two career 100-yard games against Wake Forest (167 in 2018, 121 in 2019). With another 100-yard game against the Demon Deacons, he can tie the school record held by Kenny Flowers (vs. Duke, 1983-85) and Wayne Gallman (vs. South Carolina, 2014-16) for career 100-yard rushing games against a single opponent.

- Etienne (288 career rushing yards against Wake Forest) needing 151 rushing yards to break Cliff Austin’s school record for career rushing yards against a single opponent (438 vs. Duke from 1980-82).

- Etienne (372) needing eight points to pass placekicker Greg Huegel (379 from 2015-18) for second on Clemson's career scoring leaderboard. Doing so would also move him into eighth in ACC history.

- Etienne attempting to rush for a touchdown in a 10th straight game, dating to last season, to move past Lester Brown (1978), Terry Allen (1988-89) and James Davis (2005-06) for sole possession of the longest such streak in school history.

- Etienne attempting to score a touchdown on any kind in a 13th consecutive game to pull within one game of the school record held by C.J. Spiller (14 straight games in 2009). - Etienne (5,122) gaining eight all-purpose yards to pass Sammy Watkins (5,129) for second on Clemson's career all-purpose yardage leaderboard. C.J. Spiller holds the Clemson and ACC record at 7,588.

- Etienne (5,122) needing 142 all-purpose yards to enter the Top 10 in career all-purpose yards in ACC history.

- Quarterback Trevor Lawrence (66) sitting one passing touchdown shy of entering the Top 10 in career passing touchdowns in ACC history. He is within striking distance of No. 10 Thaddeus Lewis (67), No. 9 Darian Durant (68), Nos. 7 Brad Kaaya and Lamar Jackson (69) and No. 6 Jacory Harris (70).

- Lawrence (seven) attempting to join Tajh Boyd (18), Deshaun Watson (13) and Charlie Whitehurst (eight) as the only players in school history to record at least eight career 300-yard passing games. His next 300-yard game would tie him with Whitehurst for third in school history

- Lawrence entering the game having thrown 239 consecutive passes without an interception. With five more attempts without an interception, he would pass Mitch Trubisky (243 from 2015-16) for the fourth-longest in ACC history. He is 32 attempts short of passing Drew Weatherford (270 in 2007) for third.