TV channel, kickoff time set for Clemson vs. Florida State football game

Chapel Fowler
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The ACC has announced a kickoff time and TV channel for Clemson’s highly anticipated home game against No. 3 Florida State next Saturday.

The Tigers will kick off against the Seminoles at noon on Saturday, Sept. 23, the conference said Monday. ABC will broadcast the game from Clemson.

Even though Clemson’s season-opening loss to Duke made this matchup lose a bit of its luster (and most likely a primetime TV slot), it’s still one of the ACC’s premier 2023 regular-season matchups.

The Tigers (1-1, 0-1 ACC) are the reigning ACC champions and have been the league’s standard bearer as of recent with six straight College Football Playoff appearances and four national championships from 2015-20. They’ve also won seven of the last eight ACC championships.

But as preseason No. 9 Clemson has tripped up early this season, FSU has established itself as one of the best teams in the country. Florida State was the preseason No. 8 but used a marquee win over then-No. 5 LSU to jump all the way up to No. 3 in this week’s AP Top 25.

The Seminoles, who got three first-place votes this week, haven’t been ranked that high since the 2017 season and will come to Upstate South Carolina next week as one of the hottest teams in the country behind quarterback Jordan Travis, wide receiver Keon Coleman and a host of other veterans and contributors.

Clemson got back on track after a 21-point loss to unranked Duke by routing FCS Charleston Southern 66-17 in its home opener last Saturday, a game in which quarterback Cade Klubnik had a career-high four touchdown passes.

But the Tigers still dropped out of the AP Top 25 for the first time since November 2021 in Sunday’s Week 3 poll, finishing first among teams receiving votes (essentially No. 26) but 20 points behind No. 25 Iowa. Four other ACC teams — No. 3 FSU, No. 20 UNC, No. 21 Duke and No. 22 Miami — are ranked.

Clemson will host Florida Atlantic on Saturday (8 p.m., ACC Network) before getting into conference play with FSU. Florida State, coming off a 66-13 win over against Southern Miss, will open ACC play at Boston College this Saturday before its Clemson trip.

Clemson has won seven straight games against Florida State dating back to 2015, but last year’s game (34-28 Clemson in Tallahassee) was the closest since 2016.

ACC football games for Sept. 22-23

Friday, Sept. 22

  • NC State at Virginia, 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN (previously announced)

Saturday, Sept. 23

  • Florida State at Clemson, Noon ET on ABC

  • Army at Syracuse, Noon ET on ACC Network

  • Virginia Tech at Marshall, Noon ET on ESPN2

  • Boston College at Louisville, 3:30 p.m. ET on ACC Network

  • Miami at Temple, 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2

  • Duke at UConn, 3:30 p.m. ET on CBSSN (previously announced)

  • Georgia Tech at Wake Forest, 6:30 p.m. ET on The CW Network

  • North Carolina at Pitt, 8 p.m. ET on ACC Network (featuring ACC Huddle)

Clemson 2023 football schedule

Sept. 4: at Duke, 28-7 L

Sept. 9: vs. Charleston Southern, 66-17 W

Sept. 16: vs. Florida Atlantic, 8 p.m., ACC Network

Sept. 23: vs. Florida State, noon, ABC

Sept. 30: at Syracuse

Oct. 7: vs. Wake Forest

Oct. 14: OPEN

Oct. 21: at Miami

Oct. 28: at N.C. State

Nov. 4: vs. Notre Dame

Nov. 11: vs. Georgia Tech

Nov. 18: vs. North Carolina

Nov. 25: vs. South Carolina