College basketball · Team · 2025-26

Clemson

ACC
AP unranked
24–11
Rated 36th of 365

Top-100 offense, top-25 defense

They win at both ends — 72nd in adjusted offense and 23rd in adjusted defense of 365 Division I teams in 2025-26.

+18.3Net rating40th of 365

Points per 100 possessions, adjusted offense minus adjusted defense · Final ratings for 2025-26 · last updated May 5, 2026, 9:46 AM ET

Ratings · 2025-26

How good, and how they get there

ADJ O116.672nd of 365 · 12th of 18 in the ACC
ADJ D98.323rd of 365 · 3rd of 18 in the ACC
TEMPO64.1336th of 365 · 17th of 18 in the ACC
WIN PROB87.7%36th of 365 · 6th of 18 in the ACC
WAB+3.132nd of 365 · 6th of 18 in the ACC

The four factors

Their strongest factor is offensive boards allowed — 26.3, 21st of 365.

Effective field goal rateOffense 120th, defense 56th of 365
52.648.8
Turnover rateOffense 22nd, defense 122nd of 365
14.017.4
Offensive rebound rateOffense 259th, defense 21st of 365
28.126.3
Free-throw rateOffense 136th, defense 146th of 365
36.733.9

Each bar is the team’s place among all 365 Division I teams, so a longer bar is better on both sides — even where the better number is the smaller one (turnovers committed, everything allowed). The tick marks the median team. Free-throw rate is free throws attempted per 100 shots.

Roster · 2025-26

Who carries it

Dillon Hunter plays the most — 70.9% of the team’s minutes.

PLAYER

CLASS

Combo G · 6-4 · 7.5 points a game in 35 games

70.9

16.0

112.4

+3.1

—

Combo G · 6-1 · 9.6 points a game in 35 games

67.0

19.0

107.4

+3.8

—

PF/C · 6-8 · 12.0 points a game in 35 games

62.5

23.6

120.6

+6.6

—

Stretch 4 · 6-10 · 9.1 points a game in 35 games

54.6

20.9

115.9

+4.3

—

Efrem JohnsonCombo G · 6-4 · 6.3 points a game in 35 games

52.3

15.0

115.5

+3.7

—

Stretch 4 · 6-10 · 5.3 points a game in 35 games

50.8

14.6

105.7

+1.1

—

Combo G · 6-2 · 8.3 points a game in 35 games

48.4

23.8

110.6

+4.7

—

Stretch 4 · 6-10 · 10.2 points a game in 32 games

47.3

26.1

112.9

+6.6

—

Wing F · 6-8 · Played 22% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

22.3

—

Combo G · 6-4 · Played 15% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

15.9

—

Wing F · 6-9 · Played 7% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

7.1

—

Ratings print for players with 40% of their team’s minutes and enough games; the rest show “—”. Tap a highlighted name to open his college file; the others open once their records are linked.

Results · 2025-26

Every final

Won 24 of 35 finals by an average margin of +7.0 a game.

24–11 · ACC 14–7 · home 13–3 · away 6–5 · neutral 5–3

DATE

OPPONENT

RESULT

MARGIN

Mar 20

vs Iowaneutral floor · No. 9 seed · postseason

L 61–67

−6

Mar 14

vs Dukeneutral floor · No. 1 · conference

L 61–73

−12

Mar 13

vs North Carolinaneutral floor · No. 19 · conference

W 80–79

Mar 12

vs Wake Forestneutral floor · conference

W 71–62

Mar 7

vs Georgia Techhome · conference

W 79–76

Mar 4

at North Carolinaaway · No. 17 · conference

L 63–67

−4

Feb 28

vs Louisvillehome · No. 24 · conference

W 80–75

Feb 21

vs Florida St.home · conference

L 65–70

−5

Game-by-game results start in 2023-24. The margin is the final score difference; tournament opponents show the seed they carried.

The AP path

Where the poll had them

Opened unranked, peaked at No. 18 and closed unranked — ranked in 9 of 34 regular-season games.

Higher on the line is a better rank; a gap is a game they entered unranked.

2024-25Opened unranked, peaked at No. 10 and closed at No. 10 — ranked in 12 of 33 regular-season games.
2023-24Opened unranked, peaked at No. 13 and closed unranked — ranked in 9 of 32 regular-season games.

The coach · 2025-26

How he wants to play

Brad Brownell

Head coach · year 16 at Clemson · 483–292 career

TEMPO64.1Possessions per 40 minutes, adjusted
3PA RATE37.3Share of his team’s shots taken from three

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