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Clemson’s 25 best teams: No. 23

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 next qualifications are overall record, national ranking and where they fell in the conference standings.

We continue our rankings with the No. 23 team on our list:

The 1940 Tigers (6-2-1, 4-0 SoCon, SoCon Champions)

On January 11, 1940, Frank Howard, who had been an assistant coach at Clemson since 1931, was named the new head coach at Clemson College, replacing Jess Neely, who posted a 43-35-7 record in his nine seasons in the same position.