After spending much of the early part of the season infatuated with Trevor Lawrence’s early interceptions and suggesting Clemson was not worthy of being the nation’s top-ranked team, much of the national media has backpedaled from their early stance.
Despite lopsided wins over Georgia Tech, Texas A&M, Syracuse and Charlotte to start the season, the national narrative from the Associated Press voters to ESPN’s talking heads was that the Tigers did not look like a national championship caliber team. Most of this talk came off two elements. Clemson struggled to beat an average North Carolina team on the road in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Sept.