Clemson has nation's longest streak of 115 straight games without back-to-back losses

Dabo Swinney's Clemson Tigers entered last season's College Football Playoff national championship game vs. LSU on a 29-game winning streak but as a 4-point underdog. Top-ranked LSU and Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow essentially had home-field advantage at the Superdome in New Orleans and won the battle of Tigers 42-25. It's still not clear against which opponent Clemson will open the 2020 season against in a coronavirus pandemic, but it will carry a national-best streak of 115 straight games without back-to-back losses into that one.

The last time the Tigers lost back-to-back games was in 2011 when current quarterback and Heisman Trophy +400 second-favorite on the William Hill moneyline odds Trevor Lawrence was 12. Tajh Boyd was Clemson's quarterback then and the Tigers lost Nov. 19 at NC State (37-13) and the next week at South Carolina (34-13). That team finished 10-4 overall following a 70-33 embarrassment vs. West Virginia in the Orange Bowl.

Clemson has lost just 12 times straight up since the 2012 season – including bowl games -- and is 65-42-2 against the spread over that span, a cover percentage of 59.1; a couple of games vs. FCS opponents did not have point spreads.

The Tigers have lost multiple games in a season just once since 2015 and that was in 2017. They were upset 27-24 at Syracuse on Sept. 23 (Clemson's last ACC defeat) and then beaten in the College Football Playoff semifinal 24-6 by Alabama.

Also since 2012, Clemson has been an underdog 17 times and is 9-8 straight up and 12-5 ATS. The Tigers are projected to be double-digit favorites in every regular-season game this year. They are scheduled to open at Georgia Tech on Sept. 3 as around 24-point favorites, but the entire ACC schedule is up in the air with the league expected to shift to a conference-only slate and likely adding an additional conference game for each school.

Clemson is a +225 favorite at William Hill sportsbook to win the national title and -600 to win a sixth straight ACC title. 

WHICH 2020 FANTASY FOOTBALL SLEEPER SHOULD YOU SNATCH IN YOUR DRAFT? AND WHICH WR1 CANDIDATE CAN YOU WAIT ON UNTIL LATE? JOIN SPORTSLINE NOW TO GET 2020 FANTASY FOOTBALL CHEAT SHEETS FROM THE MODEL THAT WAS ALL OVER DERRICK HENRY'S HUGE SEASON, AND FIND OUT.