The biggest news for the Smoking Musket Top 25 is that six weeks into the college football season, our writers are finally starting to believe the Clemson Tigers just might be better than the Alabama Crimson Tide. Through the first five weeks, Alabama has been an unanimous selection at the top of the polls, but this week three writers have seen the work that Clemson has done so far and altered their ballots.
Clemson has more wins over Top 25 teams [Auburn Tigers, Louisville Cardinals and Virginia Tech Hokies] than the Tide [Florida State Seminoles], with two of those coming on the road.