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Tiger Paw Invitational, including No. 2 Florida State, No. 3 Florida, No. 4 Houston, No. 7 Texas A&M, No. 11 Southern California and No. 20 Penn State. In addition to the Gators and the Aggies, Auburn, Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee round out MSU’S Southeastern Conference foes at Clemson.

In Nashville, State’s men will take on No. 7 Alabama and No. 15 North Dakota State, while Ole Miss is the only other conference opponent in the Music City Challenge.

MSU’S women will face 10 ranked opponents at Clemson, including five

top-10 teams in No. 2 Southern California, No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 4 Florida, No. 5 Florida State and No. 10 Kentucky. No. 16 Tennessee, No. 18 South Carolina, No. 19 Penn State, No. 21Ohio State and No. 24 Georgia Tech round out the ranked opponents. Auburn joins the group as one of seven SEC teams represented at Clemson.

At the Music City Challenge, the Bulldog women are set to take on No. 14 Alabama and No. 24 Georgia Tech in addition to Ole Miss and Vanderbilt.

MSU opens the weekend today at 11:45 a.m. in Clemson with Charles Brockman III, Jesse Henderson and Herbert Wise III in men’s 60-meter hurdles qualifying. In Nashville, State will

start at 3:30 p.m. with the men’s and women’s high jumps in addition to the women’s weight throw.

First gun on Saturday is set for 10:30 a.m. in Clemson, starting with Charlotte Cayton-smith, Olivia Knox and Alon Lewis in the women’s 800 meters. 2018 NCAA Outdoor runner-up Marco Arop, along with Dejon Devroe and Daniel

Nixon, will follow at 10:50 a.m. in the men’s 800 meters.

In Nashville, Sylvia Russell, Carly Terp and Alex Wallace will start things off in the women’s 3000 meters unseeded sections at 10 a.m., with Shannon Fair closing out the day’s events in the seeded 3000 meters at 4:25 p.m.