South Carolina — SEC
HC
Shane Beamer · Williams-Brice Stadium · Columbia, SC · 80,250 cap
PPA off / def
0.10 / 0.08
2025
Class rank
#14
class of 2026
Returning PPA
69%
returning production
2026 schedule
| Wk | Opponent | All-time series | Venue |
|---|
| wk1 | vs Kent State | leads 1–0 | Williams-Brice Stadium |
| wk2 | vs Towson | | Williams-Brice Stadium |
| wk3 | vs Mississippi State | leads 10–7 | Williams-Brice Stadium |
| wk4 | at Alabama | Alabama leads 15–3 · L3 | Bryant-Denny Stadium |
| wk5 | vs Kentucky | leads 22–14–1 · W4 | Williams-Brice Stadium |
| wk6 | at Florida | Florida leads 31–10–3 · L2 | Ben Hill Griffin Stadium |
| wk8 | vs Tennessee | Tennessee leads 29–11–2 | Williams-Brice Stadium |
| wk9 | at Oklahoma | tied 1–1 | Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK) |
| wk10 | vs Texas A&M | Texas A&M leads 10–2 | Williams-Brice Stadium |
| wk11 | at Arkansas | Arkansas leads 14–10 | Razorback Stadium |
| wk12 | vs Georgia | Georgia leads 51–19–2 · L4 | Williams-Brice Stadium |
| wk13 | at Clemson | Clemson leads 69–43–4 | Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC) |
2025 results (4–8)
Statistical comps — 2025 South Carolina's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (25 in / 24 out)
Origins
Rogers won the 1980 Heisman for a program that had never won much of anything. Spurrier later delivered three straight eleven-win seasons, still the high-water mark.
Founded 1801 · Founded to reconcile the state's upcountry and lowcountry factions · first football 1892 · defined by George Rogers
All-time record
All-time
616–598–42
1902–2025
Win %
50.7%
122 seasons played
Winning seasons
59
48% of seasons
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2013 | 11 | 2 | SEC |
| 2012 | 11 | 2 | SEC |
| 2011 | 11 | 2 | SEC |
| 1984 | 10 | 2 | FBS Independents |
| 2001 | 9 | 3 | SEC |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1902 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 293 | 53% |
40% | 106 of 136 | 6.5 | 14% |
| 2nd down | 206 | 49% |
37% | 107 of 136 | 4.3 | 8% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 42 | 74% |
57% | — | 6.2 | 12% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 34 | 35% |
32% | — | 6.1 | 15% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 70 | 26% |
16% | — | 4.4 | 17% |
| 4th down | 30 | 43% |
47% | — | 7.2 | 20% |
140 drives · 26% ended in points · 7.1 plays and 34.8 yards per drive · 0.55 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 7 | LSU |
Matt Fuller run for 72 yds for a TD (William Joyce KICK) |
72 | 6.55 |
| 12 | Texas A&M |
(01:06) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 L.Sellers pass complete short right to #8 N.Harbor caught at… |
80 | 6.39 |
| 4 | Missouri |
Vandrevius Jacobs 49 Yd pass from LaNorris Sellers (William Joyce Kick) |
49 | 6.28 |
| 13 | Coastal Carolina |
(14:59) Shotgun #16 L.Sellers pass complete short left to #17 J.Sellers caught at USC21, f… |
75 | 6.08 |
| 14 | Clemson |
Vandrevius Jacobs 74 Yd pass from LaNorris Sellers (William Joyce Kick) |
74 | 6.01 |
| 12 | Texas A&M |
(05:37) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 L.Sellers pass complete deep left to #4 V.Jacobs caught at T… |
50 | 5.63 |
| 1 | Virginia Tech |
LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Nyck Harbor for 64 yds for a TD (William Joyce KICK) |
64 | 5.15 |
| 9 | Alabama |
LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Nyck Harbor for 54 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion fa… |
54 | 4.18 |