Know Your Enemy - 2026 Miami Hurricanes vs 2026 Clemson Tigers

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The following is a side-by-side roster comparison of Miami and Clemson's current rosters prior to Saturday's game.

Names in green denote incoming players in their first year in their respective programs:

AVERAGE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE

• 2026: 1.60 years (Miami), 1.81 years (Clemson)
• 2023: 1.83 years (Miami), 1.55 years (Clemson)

AVERAGE 247 RATING

• 2026: 0.9046 (Miami), .8876 (Clemson) *
• 2023: 0.8995 (Miami), .8845 (Clemson)

*excludes transfer Adam Booker (LS), who was not listed on 247's transfer compilation

If special teams are excluded, Miami's composite is .9084. Clemson would be .8908


MIAMI POSITION ADVANTAGES (RATING)

• Wide Receiver (Miami .9199, Clemson .8916)
• Running Back (Miami .9046, Clemson .8990)
• Offensive Line (Miami .8974, Clemson .8903)
• Quarterback (Miami .9084, Clemson .8965)
• Defensive Tackle (Miami .9155, Clemson .8946)
• Defensive End (Miami .9267, Clemson .8863)
• Linebacker (Miami .8953, Clemson .8908)
• Safety (Miami .9073, Clemson .8826)
• Cornerback (Miami .9144, Clemson .8852)

CLEMSON POSITION ADVANTAGES (RATING)

• Tight End (Clemson .9074, Miami .8967)
• Special Teams (Clemson .8172, Miami .7700)

MIAMI POSITIONS GROUPS IMPROVED SINCE 2023 MEETING

• Wide Receiver (2026: .9199, 2023 .8995)
• Offensive Line (2026: .8974, 2023 .8898)
• Quarterback (2026: .9084, 2023 .9014)
• Defensive End (2026: .9155, 2023 .8989)
• Linebacker (2026: 8953, 2023: 8815)
• Safety (2026: 9073, 2023: .9049)
• Cornerback (2026: 9144, 2023: 9011)

CLEMSON POSITIONS GROUPS IMPROVED SINCE 2023 MEETING

• Wide Receiver (2026: .8916, 2023 .8845)
• Tight End (2026: .9074, 2023: .8814)
• Running Back (2026: .8990, 2023: .8880)
• Quarterback (2026: .8965, 2023: .8500)
• Special Teams (2026: .8172, 2023: .7900)

NOTES

• The 2025 Hurricanes have the highest blue chip total of any squad in the last twenty years. It presently jumps from 52 in 2024 to 56 this year. This is the second year in a row that blue chip totals have exceeded 49 players in at least twenty seasons. Clemson has 40.
• Clemson is higher ranked than any of our opponents last year except for Notre Dame (.9102), Texas A&M (.9000), and Ohio State (.9153)
• Clemson has the overall experience advantage in the following position rooms: wide receiver, defensive tackle, defensive end, safety, and cornerback
• Of our four opponents, this is the most experienced defense
• If the unranked Hayes Galloway is excluded, Clemson's offensive line room is ranked higher than Miami's; the Tigers have 12 blue chip recruits versus the Hurricane's six
• Miami has 20 transfer players on the roster. Clemson had 15 transfers on their roster
• Miami brings in 41 new players this season, Clemson added 34 new players

2026 SCHEDULE OPPOSITION COMPOSITE (FBS)

• .8667 - Stanford (1.94 avg CFB overall experience - 2.11 offense, 1.79 defense)
• .8567 - Wake Forest (1.72 avg CFB overall experience - 1.67 offense, 1.81 defense)
• .8258 - Central Michigan (1.53 avg CFB overall experience - 1.78 offense, 1.31 defense)
• .8876 - Clemson (1.81 avg CFB overall experience - 1.53 offense, 2.02 defense)