The Clemson Tigers look to avoid a first losing streak of the 2025-26 season in Tuesday night’s duel with another top-ten opponent. 10th-ranked BYU is the foe, as Clemson participates in the 31st annual Jimmy V Classic.

For BYU: 7-1 on the season, No. 9 in KenPom, averaging 85.3 points scored and 68 points allowed per game. For Clemson: 7-2 on the season, No. 25 in KenPom, averaging 85.1 points scored and 66.7 points allowed per game.

Clemson and Penn State have met only once previously, with the Tigers winning convincingly in the 1988 Citrus Bowl. This year’s trip to Yankee Stadium also extends Clemson’s bowl streak to 21 seasons — the longest in the ACC and one of the top streaks nationally.

Tigers junior cornerback Avieon Terrell announced Monday on social media that he’s declaring for the 2026 NFL Draft and leaving Clemson one year early. Terrell did not specify whether he will play in Clemson’s upcoming bowl game. The Tigers will play Penn State in the Pinstripe Bowl in New York City on Dec. 27.

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Clemson is the latest team to draw the task of trying to slow down BYU's dominant starting lineup when the Tigers and the No. 10 Cougars clash at Madison Square Garden in New York on Tuesday.