No. 9 Clemson opens the season against ACC opponent Duke on Sunday, Sept. 4. The game will be live streamed on fuboTV (free trial).

Duke coach Mike Elko sees the opener with No. 9 Clemson as a chance. But not an easy one.

The Blue Devils are coming off a surprising 9-4 season in Elko’s first year and are looking for more, starting with Monday night’s season opener at home to wrap up a marathon Week 1 in college football. Beating a top 10 opponent, the defending Atlantic Coast Conference champion and favorite to win another this year would a great start.

Elko understands the Tigers, 11-3 last season, have skilled, capable players on both sides of the ball. Will Shipley is an all-ACC tailback while Cade Klubnik, who rallied the Tigers to their seventh ACC crown in eight year, opens his first full season as starting quarterback.

The defense features potential All-Americans like Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at linebacker and Tyler Davis at defensive tackle.

All of them are anxious and motivated to get Clemson back in the College Football Playoff.

Duke has eight offensive and defensive starters back, led by quarterback Riley Leonard after his successful run as the full-time starter.

When is Clemson-Duke?

Duke and Clemson play at 7 p.m. (8 p.m. ET) on Monday, Sept. 4.

Will it be live streamed?

FuboTV

The game will be live streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free trial. The most basic of plans is the “fubo pro” package, which comprises 146-plus channels for $74.99 per month. Like all cord-cutting alternatives, there are plenty of options, especially for sports. It comes with more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.

There is also the “fubo elite” package, which comprises 205-plus channels for $84.99 per month. It comes with fuboExtra (48 more channels) and News Plus (11 more channels). Plus, more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.

The “fubo premiere” package is “fubo elite” with the addition of Showtime for $94.99 per month.

Will it be televised?

Clemson and Duke will be broadcast on ESPN.

Preview

LONG STRETCH: Duke has lost 28 straight matchups against teams in the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll. The last win came when the Steve Spurrier-coached Blue Devils beat then-No. 7 Clemson in September 1989 on the way to the ACC title.

FILM STUDY: New Clemson offensive coordinator Garrett Riley says Klubnik has a fostered a team-wide love of watching lots and lots of game tape.

Riley said studying film is a trait shared by all great players, and Klubnik has long been a fan of film. So much so that he’s led sessions with all the team’s quarterbacks.

“Now, all of sudden, other position groups are doing it, and they’re doing it together,” Riley said. “And it’s not us coaches having to be in there.”

LEONARD’S NEXT ACT: No one was certain exactly what to expect from Leonard as he entered last season with one career start. The expectations are much higher for the Duke QB this fall. Leonard threw for 20 touchdowns while running for 13 more. He also completed nearly two-thirds of his passes while throwing just six interceptions for a team that ranked among the nation’s best by committing only 10 turnovers all season.

RARE VISITS: The ACC’s cross-divisional scheduling rotation didn’t create many matchups between Duke and Clemson for years, so this will mark the Tigers’ first visit to Durham since 2012. Duke hasn’t beaten Clemson since 2004, taking a 16-13 win on Matt Brooks’ 53-yard field goal as time expired.

MILESTONE AHEAD: Swinney enters the season with 161 victories since becoming interim Clemson coach midway in 2008. That leaves him just four away from matching the late Frank Howard — Howard’s Rock sound familiar? — for most in program history. Howard was coach at Clemson for 30 seasons from 1940-69, winning six ACC titles during that time.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.