The Clemson Insider · Jul 30, 2025
Analyst Sees 2 ACC Teams as National Title Contenders
On his Always College Football show, ESPN analyst Greg McElroy broke down his tiers in the ACC for the 2025 season.
McElroy put two teams — Clemson and Miami – in Tier 1 as national championship contenders.
“We will start with a team that should be ranked top 2, top 3 — at worst, top 4 — in college football heading into the season, and that is the Clemson Tigers,” McElroy said. “The expectations are sky-high. It feels like 2025 has been the year that they’ve circled for quite some time. They have veterans in pivotal places. They even have gone to the portal in a couple spots to reinforce some places that had some depth issues from a year ago.