With the Win: No. 1 Clemson 42, No. 7 Miami 17
Clemson improved to 22-3 against AP Top 25 teams since 2015. At 22-3 in those games presently, Clemson's 88.0 percent winning percentage against AP-ranked opponents in that time frame is the best in the country.
Clemson evened its all-time series against Miami at 6-6.
Clemson won a third straight game against Miami for the first time in school history.
Clemson earned its first home victory against Miami in school history. Miami collected victories in the teams’ only two meetings in Death Valley to date, a three-overtime win in 2005 and a 30-21 win in 2010.
Though 2020 will technically be a divisionless season, Clemson improved to 30-8 against opponents historically from the ACC Coastal Division, including postseason play, under Head Coach Dabo Swinney. Clemson has now won 16 of its last 17 games against the Coastal Division since 2015.
Clemson pushed its streak of consecutive victories in games that would typically count as ACC interdivisional matchups to 12 games, dating back to the 2016 ACC Championship Game.
Clemson won its 25th consecutive game against an ACC opponent, including postseason play. The 25-game winning streak against conference opponents moves Clemson past the 1998-2001 Florida State Seminoles for sole possession of the third-longest streak in conference history.
Clemson won its 25th consecutive home game to extend its school record for the longest home winning streak in school history. Of the 119 players on Clemson's 2020 roster, 110 have never experienced a home loss in their Clemson careers. Nine fifth-year seniors on Clemson's 2020 roster were on the 2016 team that recovered from a home loss to Pitt by winning the national championship that season.
Clemson (25 straight wins) tied the school record for longest home unbeaten streak. Clemson was unbeaten in 25 straight games at Memorial Stadium from 1980-84, posting 23 wins and two ties under Danny Ford in that span.
Clemson has now won 33 consecutive regular season games, the longest such streak in ACC annals and the second-longest in the FBS since 2005. Clemson's last regular season loss came in October 2017 at Syracuse.
Clemson improved to 23-1 in October games in the College Football Playoff era (since 2014).
Clemson pushed its winning streak in Saturday games to 47 to extend the longest Saturday winning streak in FBS history.
Head Coach Dabo Swinney secured his 134th career win as a head coach to tie Virginia's George Welsh for the second-most career wins by an ACC head coach. At the time of his retirement following the 2000 season, Welsh was the winningest head coach in ACC history prior to being passed by Bobby Bowden.
Swinney moved his career winning percentage to .812 to move past Lafayette and Pitt's Jock Sutherland in the NCAA FBS record book for 11th all-time for coaches with at least 10 years of head coaching experience.
Clemson improved to 16-2 all-time when ranked No. 1 by the Associated Press. Clemson has never lost a regular season game as the nation's top-ranked team.
Clemson is now 54-1 when scoring first since 2015.
Clemson is now 104-2 since 2011 when leading after three quarters.
Clemson now has a 102-2 record when totaling more first downs than its opponent since 2011.
Clemson improved to 66-1 when rushing for 200+ yards under Dabo Swinney.
Clemson is now 52-0 when both passing and rushing for 200+ yards under Dabo Swinney.
Clemson is now 51-2 when having a 100-yard rusher since 2011.
Clemson now has a 60-3 record when winning the turnover margin since 2011.
Clemson has now won 84 straight games when holding teams under 23 points (dates to 2010).