The Clemson Tigers are just a tad over a field-goal favorite over the Duke Blue Devils to start the week.
The home team at Memorial Stadium for Saturday’s noon game opened as a 2.5-point favorite, but the line moved up to 3.5 by early Sunday at most sportsbooks. Coming off a bye, the Tigers are 3-4 overall and 2-5 against the spread this season.
Duke has a winning record overall (4-3), and the Blue Devils have covered the spread in three of their seven games.
The Blue Devils have taken 93% of the money wagered at DraftKings by Sunday afternoon, with 55% of the bets coming in on the underdog.
This will mark the second consecutive home game that the Tigers have been a favorite of under a touchdown. They were -3.5 when the game against SMU kicked off, but they opened around 10 because QB Cade Klubnik had not been ruled out yet.
The Blue Devils failed to cover as a 3.5-point favorite against Georgia Tech in Week 8, losing outright 27-18. Before their bye and that loss, they had covered three consecutive games as a favorite around a field goal.
Duke ended a five-game losing skid against the Tigers with a 28-7 win as a 12-point underdog in 2023, the last time these two teams met. Since 2000, Clemson has won nine of the last 11 in the series.
This is the smallest spread Clemson has been favored over Duke in nearly 20 years.
The total for Saturday’s game is set at 53.5 points at FanDuel. Clemson has had just three games go over this season, while Duke’s had five.