South Carolina has already played four road games this season, and the Gamecocks have performed well in all of them. South Carolina is 3-1 on the road entering Saturday’s game at Clemson, with three 20-plus point wins and a close loss to Alabama.

With both teams coming into the matchup as top 20 teams, South Carolina vs Clemson carries a little more juice than it has in recent history. Gamecocks' head coach Shane Beamer spent time addressing the Tigers ahead of Saturday's matchup.

Let’s preface this with the obvious: Shane Beamer wants to make the College Football Playoff. Four teams. Twelve teams. A hundred teams. He wants his South Carolina squad in the dance with, however slim, a chance to win the national championship.