CBS Sports used its spring playoff projections to list one X-factor for each potential College Football Playoff team for the 2025 campaign, or as CBS Sports put it, “players poised to make or break contenders’ 2025 postseason chances.”
“Ahead of the 2025 season, every CFP contender has at least one player or position group that needs to step up and play to their potential in order for the team to deliver on its playoff goals,” CBS Sports’ Carter Bahns wrote.
After returning to the College Football Playoff last season, Clemson is widely viewed as a contender to make the 12-team CFP field once again this season, with many considering the Tigers a legitimate threat to win their first national title since 2018.