Clemson Faces California in ACC Showdown on ESPN Friday Night

The Clemson Tigers and the California Golden Bears meet for a Week 4 college football matchup at California Memorial Stadium on Friday, September 25, 2026. The game begins at 10:30 PM ET on ESPN, with Fubo offering live streaming options including a free trial period. Clemson enters as an underdog after trailing North Carolina by eight points but securing two consecutive wins since their season opener loss to LSU. Freshman quarterback Tait Reynolds led the Tigers in his first career start with 215 passing yards and one touchdown while Gideon Davidson recorded a career-high rushing performance of 105 yards and a score on sixteen carries for forty-one total team yards. California arrives having dominated Wagner by fifty-nine points to win their second straight game after opening losses against UCLA. Quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele threw four touchdowns in his first start with sixty-two passing yards while Adam Mohammed rushed for three scores totaling ninety-one yards and one score on eleven carries for six-hundred-twenty-six total team yards without a single punt attempt.