Earlier this month, Clemson AD Dan Radakovich told reporters he was in talks with two SEC schools about scheduling regular-season meetings. Now one of them has become official. LSU announced Wednesday it will be playing Clemson in 2025 and 2026.

The first battle between the Tiger teams will take place on Aug. 30, 2025 in Baton Rouge, the first ever regular-season game between the two schools. In 2026, LSU will travel to Clemson for a Sept. 5 meeting. The teams last faced each other in the 2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, which Clemson won 25-24.

It’s notable that LSU is scheduling home-and-home series over the increasingly popular neutral-site games.

“We have put an emphasis on bringing Power 5 teams outside of the Southeastern Conference to Tiger Stadium as often as we can,” LSU AD Joe Alleva said in a release. “It’s what we want and most importantly it’s what our fans want.”

LSU’s future regular-season non-conference games include Texas, UCLA, Clemson, Oklahoma and Arizona State in Tiger Stadium over the next 10 years.

“We are working to grow that list,” said Alleva. “It’s a balance with neutral site games, and we’re very pleased with the progress we’ve made.”