Using ESPN’s Playoff Predictor, Heather Dinich broke down the 32 teams with at least a 10 percent chance to make the 12-team College Football Playoff this season.
ESPN analytics give Clemson a 47.3 percent chance to make the playoff, but just a 2.8 percent chance to win the national championship.
Dinich, ESPN’s lead College Football Playoff insider, says she disagrees with the aforementioned analytic assessment of the Tigers.
“Clemson was overrated heading into the 2024 season. Now it’s underrated,” Dinich wrote. “The Tigers’ offense is loaded, starting with much-improved quarterback Cade Klubnik and a deep receiver corps.