The Clemson Insider went back and ranked Clemson’s 25 best teams of all-time.
What classifies a certain team as one of the best? Of course winning a championship—national or conference—will be the first qualification. The other qualifications are overall record, national ranking and where they fell in the conference standings.
The 1989 Tigers (10-2, 5-2 ACC, Final ranking No. 12)
Expectations for the 1988 season at Clemson were high because fans, and the media like, always expected great things out of a Danny Ford coached Clemson team. However, those expectations were tempered somewhat with the loss of eight starters on offense and five on defense.