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Clemson will get its chances over the season to work its way back to top tier of college football.
Clemson will get its chances over the season to work its way back to top tier of college football.

ESPN ranks Clemson in 'Tier 2' for college football preseason


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Clemson is seeking a return back to the College Football Playoff.

The 2022 season appears to have a clear top-3 of Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State according to pundits and metrics and Dabo Swinney's Tigers are seeking to find a way into that rarefied air this season.

With that picture, ESPN has Clemson in its 'Tier 2' for college football rankings ($) in a group with Michigan, Notre Dame and Oklahoma.

"Clemson made the College Football Playoff six straight seasons, but in 2021, the offense fell apart and the Tigers ceded the ACC to Pitt," ESPN's David Hale wrote. "Was that a blip or the start of a trend? Dabo Swinney has made no secret that he doesn't enjoy the cool new trends sweeping college football (name, image and likeness, the transfer portal, and for most of 2021, the forward pass) and with a slew of new assistants (nearly all of whom were promoted from within), 2022 stands as a referendum on whether Swinney's old standards will hold up in the modern era."

The next group includes NC State as "rising stars," with Miami in Tier 4 with Texas and Southern Cal as former prominent programs that could ascend back toward the top.

New Virginia coach Tony Elliott and South Carolina's Shane Beamer are in the Tier 12 category listed as "the overachievers."

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TigerNation88
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allorangeallthetime52®
spacer This is a reasonable opinion, for the reasons stated in the article.
Judge Keller®
spacer And all we need to do to show the doubters up...
RickyC78
spacer Re: And all we need to do to show the doubters up...
allorangeallthetime52®
spacer Hmm …
PAWsitively AllIn
spacer First of all, you don’t see me getting butthurt over
Judge Keller®
spacer ESPN is the new soap opera for couch coaches
BpandoX
spacer hey.. you gotta go prove it. As a Clemson fan, even I need
El Tigre 1
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spacer Re: hey.. you gotta go prove it. As a Clemson fan, even I need
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spacer Re: hey.. you gotta go prove it. As a Clemson fan, even I need
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spacer All True El Tigre
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spacer Re: hey.. you gotta go prove it. As a Clemson fan, even I need
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rhettfla
spacer The part about "promoting from within" as if it was
TigerSmith '75®
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tigerrag86
spacer Your point is well taken but 3-4 years into his tenure
TigerSmith '75®
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ShipHappens19
spacer Yeah, but the worst were also not promoted from within.
Clemson13
spacer Those were both Tommy hires???***
Obed®
spacer Promoting from within on the defensive side probably
TigersAndCubs
spacer Elliot leaving was a win...Any questions about that?***
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spacer never heard of her
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WPD1
spacer That's a completely fair assessment
TigersAndCubs
spacer No it’s not. If we have another year like last, I can see where “Tier 2” is warranted.
JKBtigerpaw
spacer For this season it is fair
TigersAndCubs
spacer I'm tired of all the predictions!!
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spacer Swinney's old standards?! LMAO!
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spacer ESPN is tiering everything
Injun Tiger
spacer could not agree more with their assessment of Dabo.
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