Clemson owns a three-game winning streak in the series, opened as a 14-point favorite according to betting lines and is ranked No. 3 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings. South Carolina, meanwhile, is ranked No. 24.

On the surface, there doesn’t seem to be many advantages for the Gamecocks on Saturday night in Williams-Brice Stadium.

But here are five advantages the Gamecocks will have this week:

Homefield advantage

South Carolina has won 14 games under Will Muschamp in just shy of two years. But 11 of those have come at Williams-Brice Stadium. In a prior era, the crowd was synonymous with upsets during several Thursday night games that resulted in Gamecock wins. When South Carolina upset Tennessee last season, the crowd was cited as a major factor that made it more difficult for the visitors, which was captured by the @GoGamecocks Twitter account.

The Gamecocks most recent hype video looks to tee up Sandstorm plenty on Saturday.

Emotional boost

Whether it was Dabo Swinney’s late timeouts, or simply the margin of victory from last season, the Gamecocks have more an edge to them than the Tigers.

“We just have to come out here with an edge about ourselves,” said South Carolina linebacker Skai Moore, according to The State. Moore is the only Gamecock to play in a victory against Clemson. “That’s how we played my freshman year, that 2013 team, we had an edge about us, so that’s the motto we are going to be preaching throughout the week, have an edge about us and leave it all on the field.”

Deep balls against the Clemson secondary

Injuries have been a problem for Clemson’s defensive backs for much of the season, and while several players have missed time recently, they’re expected to be on the field Saturday.

Given that predicament, and with South Carolina attempting more deep passes this season as Jake Bentley is more comfortable in the offense, that game plan could be the kryptonite to Clemson’s pass rush. Look for more than a couple targets down the field to Bryan Edwards and OrTre Smith. Edwards is in the top 10 in the SEC in receiving with 53 catches for 635 yards and three TDs, while Smith has at least three catches in eight straight games. But he’s due for a touchdown as he hasn’t scored in seven games.

Deshaun Watson is in the NFL

Last year, Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson led the then-No.4 Tigers to a 56-7 victory when he was responsible for six touchdowns as Clemson opened a 21-0 lead, and led 35-0 at halftime. The result was Clemson’s largest margin of victory in the rivalry since a 51-0 win in 1900. At one point, he even put his hands together and put them next to his head as if to go to sleep. Perhaps putting the South Carolina defense to sleep. In 2014, Watson tore his ACL in practice, missed one game, but still played against South Carolina, a 35-17 victory. In the game, he was 14-for-19 passing for 269 yards and two touchdowns. He also have five carries for 13 yards and two TDs. Needless to say, the Gamecocks didn’t mind to see Watson off to the NFL.

Turnovers

Turnovers have long been at the forefront of Muschamp-coached teams for much of his tenure. The 2009 Texas defense he coordinated led the country with 37 takeaways (25 interceptions and 12 fumbles). Last year the Gamecocks finished 10th in the country with 27 takeaways.

There’s only been one game this season (Tennessee) that South Carolina didn’t register a turnover. And there’s only been five games that the Gamecocks haven’t notched at least two turnovers. Against Missouri, Florida and Wofford, they collected three turnovers in each game, and against Arkansas, they had four.

Add it all up, and South Carolina is 14th in the country — second in the SEC — in turnover margin with 21 turnovers and nine giveaways. Square that with Clemson, which is 45th in the country, which has forced 14 turnovers, but given up 11.

Linebacker Skai Moore has been in the middle of that and needs just one interception to sit alone with the SEC record for interceptions by a linebacker at 15. With 14, he is also tied with the school record. What’s more, defensive end Dante Sawyer is tied for first in the country with five forced fumbles.