ATLANTA — Texas will be competing for a return trip to Atlanta when it plays at home against Clemson in the first round of the 12-team College Football Playoff.
The winner of the first-round game between fifth-seeded Texas (11-2) and 12th-seeded Clemson (10-3) in Austin on Saturday, Dec. 21, will play No. 4 seed Arizona State (11-2) in the Peach Bowl quarterfinal in Atlanta on New Year’s Day.
For Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik, who is from Austin, the game will be a homecoming.
“We recruited him hard,” Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said Sunday, calling Klubnik “a winner. He will do whatever it takes to put his team in position to be successful.”
Added Sarkisian: “When he made the decision to go to Clemson, honestly I wasn’t surprised. Both his parents went to (Texas) A&M.”