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South Carolina
Best finish
No. 1
Seasons ranked
25 / 26
Best finish
No. 1 (2024-2025)
Sports
Football · Men's Basketball · Women's Basketball
Polls
Media · Coaches · Playoff
Years in the Rankings
Any poll, any sportSeason-final ranking by sport · 2001-2002 – 2025-2026
FootballMen's BasketballWomen's Basketball
Each point is South Carolina's rank in that sport's final poll of the season. Lower is better; a gap is a season that sport didn't finish ranked.
A year is lit when South Carolina was ranked in any poll that season; the best rank reached is shown. Click a year to open that season's poll board and cycle it week by week.
2020s6 ranked
2010s10 ranked
2000s9 ranked
Recent Season
Media Top 25 · 2025-2026Ranking by week
Lower is better. Gaps mark weeks the team was unranked. Open this season's board →
2025-2026 Schedule
4–8Opponent ranks are their Media Top 25 position that week. Ranked wins are highlighted.
| Wk | Opponent | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | vs |  Virginia Tech · neutral |
W 24–11 |
| Wk 2 | vs | South Carolina State | W 38–10 |
| Wk 3 | vs |  Vanderbilt |
L 7–31 |
| Wk 4 | at | 23 Missouri |
L 20–29 |
| Wk 5 | vs |  Kentucky |
W 35–13 |
| Wk 7 | at | 11 LSU |
L 10–20 |
| Wk 8 | vs | 14 Oklahoma |
L 7–26 |
| Wk 9 | vs | 4 Alabama |
L 22–29 |
| Wk 10 | at | 7 Ole Miss |
L 14–30 |
| Wk 12 | at | 3 Texas A&M |
L 30–31 |
| Wk 13 | vs |  Coastal Carolina |
W 51–7 |
| Wk 14 | vs |  Clemson |
L 14–28 |