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Five Things to Know About Clemson, Ohio State's Opponent in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl

This year’s College Football Playoff semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl will feature arguably the two most complete teams in college football this year.

Ohio State is the No. 2 seed in the playoff and Clemson is the No. 3 seed in the four-team field, but while LSU ultimately won the committee over with its wins over Georgia, Florida, Auburn and Alabama en route to a 13-0 season, no two teams have been better across the board statistically than Ryan Day’s squad in Columbus and Dabo Swinney’s squad in Upstate South Carolina.

Clemson leads the nation in points allowed per game (10.