South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Shane Beamer believes that his program belongs in the 12-team College Football Playoff following Saturday's 17–14 road win over No. 12 Clemson to conclude a 9–3 regular season.

South Carolina coach Shame Beamer made the case for his team to make the College Football Playoff after the Gamecocks upset No. 12 Clemson 17-14.

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No. 15 South Carolina (9-3) rode out of Death Valley on Saturday afternoon with a 17-14 victory over No. 12 Clemson (9-3), concluding the 2024 regular season with six-straight victories to restore hope that the Gamecocks could find themselves in the College Football Playoff.

Clemson and South Carolina square off in one of college football’s best in-state rivalries from Death Valley on Saturday, both hoping to make one last good impr

On Saturday afternoon in the bowels of Memorial Stadium, Beamer sat behind the podium after South Carolina’s 17-14 win over No. 12 Clemson, having earned the chance to make his case for the Gamecocks as a College Football Playoff team.

But Clemson went three-and-out after a high Klubnik pass and had to punt it back. After a promising drive fizzled, South Carolina’s Alex Herrera hit a 42-yard field goal to cut the score to 14-10 Clemson with 6:42 remaining in the game.

Coach Shane Beamer has no doubt about where his surging Gamecocks belong in the postseason — chasing a national championship.

Clemson vs. South Carolina recent matchups. In the past three meetings, Clemson owns a 2-1 record against South Carolina. The Tigers have covered two times in those games while ou