In this day and age of College Football, polls just don’t matter.
No one cares as much about the AP or Coaches’ Poll as they did in the past. No one cares about what metrics like the FPI says because there’s only one ranking that matters and that won’t come out until the beginning of November: The College Football Playoff rankings.
Even so, it was noteworthy news Thursday when Clemson football came out as the No. 1 ranked team in America according to the USA Today Coaches’ Poll. It was the first time in Clemson football program history that the Tigers were ranked No.