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Ranking Clemson vs Sakerlina, Jawja & the ACC/past 15 years

1999 was the first year of the BCS & this is the last year. It's been 15 years. Back in 1999, Clemson hired Tommy Bowden & Sakerlina hired Lou Holtz. I thought it was a good time to look back at a couple stats:

  • average wins & losses per year / winning % / # of 10 win seasons
  • times ranked in top 25 & top ten
  • # of bowls played, bowl wins
  • BCS bowls & wins
  • conference & division championships & if you're FSU, 2 national championships (i'm giving the Orange bowl & Championship to Clemson & FSU since they haven't played yet)

I ranked the 12 team ACC & our 2 SEC rivals 1-14 based on the above criteria.



#1 FSU. we are 6 - 9 vs Florida State. Bobby Bowden '76 (34 years), Jimbo Fisher '10 (4 years) :

  • 9.4 wins - 3.6 losses - 72% (6 ten win seasons)
  • 12x top 25, 4x top ten
  • 15 bowls, 11 wins
  • 7 BCS bowls, 4 wins
  • 7 conference championships, 4x won division
  • 2 National Championships ('99 & '14)

#2 Va Tech. since '04, we are 3-2 vs Va Tech. Frank Beamer '87 (27 years), all info since '04:

  • 9.9 wins, 3.5 losses - 74% (8 top ten seasons)
  • 8x top 25, 4x top ten
  • 10 bowls, 4 wins
  • 5 BCS bowls, 1 win
  • 4 conference championships, 6x won division

#3 Jawja. we are 1-2 vs Jawja. Jim Donan '96 (5 years), March Richt '01 (13 years):

  • 9.5 wins - 3.5 losses - 73% (8 ten win seasons)
  • 13x top 25, 5x top ten
  • 15 bowls, 10 wins
  • 3 BCS bowls, 2 wins
  • 2 conference championships, 5x won division

#4 Clemson. here's where Clemson fits in. Tommy Bowden '99 (9.5 years), Dabo Swinney '08 (5.5 years):

  • 8.2 wins - 4.5 losses - 64% - (3 ten win seasons)
  • 8x top 25, 2x top ten
  • 14 bowls, 6 wins ('04 brawl we were a bowl-eligible 6 wins)
  • 2 BCS bowls, 1 win
  • 1 conference championship, 3x won division

#5 Sakerlina. we are 8-7 vs Sakerlina. Lou Holtz '99 (6 years), Steve Spurrier '05 (9 years)

  • 7.3 wins - 5.1 losses - 59% (3 ten win seasons)
  • 6x top 25, 3x top ten
  • 10 bowls, 6 win
  • 0 BCS bowls
  • 0 conference championships, 1x won division

#6 Ga Tech. we are 7-9 vs Georgia Tech. George O'Leary '94 (8 years), Chan Gailey '02 (6 years), Paul Johnson '08 (6 years)

  • 7.8 - 5.1 - 60% (1 ten win season)
  • 5x top 25
  • 15 bowls, 4 wins (1 BCS)
  • 1 conference championship, 2x won division

#7 BC. since '05 we are 5-4 vs BC. Tom O'Brien '97 (10 years), Jeff Jagodzinkski '07 (2 years), Frank Spaziani '09 (4 years), Steve Addazio '13 (1 year), all info since '05:

  • 7.4 wins - 5.3 losses - 58% (2 ten win seasons)
  • 3x top 25, 1x top ten
  • 7 bowls, 3 wins
  • 2x won division

#8 Miami. since '04, we are 2-2 vs Miami. Larry Coker '01 (6 years), Randy Shannon '07 (4 years), Al Golden '11 (3 years), all info since '04:

  • 7.5 wins - 5.0 losses - 60%
  • 3x top 25
  • 7 bowls, 2 wins

#9 Maryland. we are 9-6 vs Maryland. Ron Vanderlinden '97 (4 years), Ralph Friedgen '01 (10 years), Randy Edsall '11 (3 years)

  • 6.5 - 5.7 - 53% (3 ten win seasons)
  • 4x top 25
  • 8 bowls, 5 wins (1 BCS)
  • 1 conference championship

#10 NC State. we are 11-4 vs NC State. Mike O'Cain '93 (7 years), Chuck Amato '00 (7 years), Tom O'Brien '07 (6 years), Dave Doeren '13 (1 year)

  • 6.5 - 5.9 - 53% (1 ten win season)
  • 2x top 25
  • 9 bowls, 6 wins

#11 Wake. we are 12-3 vs Wake. Jim Caldwell '93 (8 years), Jim Grobe '01 (13 years)

  • 5.7 wins - 6.4 losses - 47% (1 ten win season)
  • 1x top 25
  • 6 bowls, 4 wins (1 BCS)
  • 1 conference championship, 1x division win

#12 Virginia. we are 5-3 vs Virginia. George Welsh '82 (19 years), Al Groh '01 (9 years), Mike London '10 (4 years)

  • 6.0 wins - 6.3 losses - 49%
  • 2x top 25
  • 8 bowls, 3 wins

#13 UNC. we are 6-2 vs UNC. Carl Torbush '97 (4 years), John Bunting '01 (6 years), Butch Davis '07 (4 years), Everett Withers '11 (1 year), Larry Fedora '12 (2 years)

  • 5.7 - 6.5 - 47%
  • 7 bowls, 3 wins

#14 Duke. we are 9-1 vs Duke. Carl Franks '99 (4 years), Ted Roof '03 (5 years), Daniel Cutcliffe '08 (6 years)

  • 2.9 wins - 8.9 losses - 25% (1 ten win season)
  • 2 bowls
  • 1x division win

These opinions are not necessarily those of the Proprietors of Shakin' The Southland.

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