With the college basketball campaign having tipped off, ESPN analyst Jay Bilas has ranked the top teams for the new season.
This week, Bilas released the first iteration of The Bilas Index — who he sees as the best 68 men’s basketball teams in 2025-26.
Clemson made The Bilas Index, coming in at No. 41.
“The Tigers are looking to erase a bad first-round exit — 13 points in the first half?! — with a full rebuild,” Bilas wrote. “It’s not as if they had a choice: They lost all five starters and are now a roster cobbled together with three-star recruits and mostly mid-major transfers.