Less than 100 days away from the 2025 season kicking off, College Sports Network (CSN) released its outlook for the upcoming college football campaign by ranking teams from No. 1-136.
Clemson landed all the way up at No. 2 in CSN’s power rankings, behind only defending national champion Ohio State.
Of course, Dabo Swinney’s program is coming off a 2024 season during which the Tigers went 10-4 (7-1 ACC), won their eighth conference title in the last 10 seasons, and returned to the College Football Playoff for the first time since 2020.
Here’s what CSN wrote about Clemson entering 2025:
Dabo Swinney has had his detractors due to an archaic attitude toward the transfer portal.