Kick time, TV channel announced for Clemson vs. SMU football game
Clemson football has its latest kick time for the 2025 season.
The Tigers’ upcoming home game against SMU will kick off at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18, the ACC announced Monday. ACC Network will broadcast the game.
Clemson (2-3, 1-2 ACC) snapped a two-game losing streak on Saturday with a blowout win over UNC and plays another ACC road game at Boston College on Saturday (7:30 p.m., ACC Network). The Tigers are favored by 14 points.
SMU (3-2, 1-0 ACC) dropped from preseason No. 16 to unranked after going 2-2 in non-conference play with losses to Baylor and TCU. The Mustangs host Stanford on Saturday (noon, The CW) and are favored by 17.5 points.
Next Saturday’s game will be a rematch of the 2024 ACC championship game, when Clemson beat SMU 34-31 on kicker Nolan Hauser’s walk-off 56-yard field goal in Charlotte to clinch an automatic bid to the College Football Playoff.
The 2024 ACC title game marked the first ever meeting between Clemson and SMU, which previously competed in the American Conference and was an ACC expansion addition last year. Next Saturday will be SMU’s first ever game in Death Valley.
Clemson Tigers 2025 football schedule
Listed with known kickoff times and TV channels
- Aug. 30: vs. No. 9 LSU, L 17-10
- Sept. 6: vs. Troy, W 27-16
- Sept. 13: at Georgia Tech, L 24-21
- Sept. 20: vs. Syracuse, L 34-21
- Sept. 28: OFF WEEK
- Oct. 4: at UNC, W 38-10
- Oct. 11: at Boston College, 7:30 p.m. (ACC Network)
- Oct. 18: vs. SMU, 3:30 p.m. (ACC Network)
- Oct. 25: OFF WEEK
- Nov. 1: vs. Duke
- Nov. 8: vs. No. 25 Florida State
- Nov. 14: at Louisville/Friday game, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
- Nov. 22: vs. Furman
- Nov. 29: at South Carolina, noon (ESPN or ABC)
This story was originally published October 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM.
