The 2025 season has been everything that wasn’t expected for the Clemson Tigers.
After dropping two of the first three games, Dabo Swinney’s team looked on the verge of rebounding after back-to-back blowout wins on the road over North Carolina and Boston College. However, after returning home, the Tigers dropped two more to SMU and Duke and were suddenly sitting at 3-5.
A team that was picked in the preseason to win the ACC and one many were projecting to make a deep run in the College Football Playoff was completely out of the discussion before September had ended.