CLEMSON – Clemson’s football schedule is taking a beating from the national media ahead of this week’s initial release of the College Football Playoff rankings and head coach Dabo Swinney came to the ACC’s defense in a big way Tuesday. After all, why doesn’t Alabama get dinged for all of the bad SEC teams?
The national narrative is that Clemson’s schedule is weak because of the Atlantic Coast Conference – there are no dominant teams and just one is ranked (Wake Forest) this week. Swinney was asked about that during his Tuesday press conference and he hit back at those who scoff at the Tigers’ schedule.