Clemson returned the practice fields on Monday in an open week ahead of a home date with Florida State on Oct. 12.
The now No. 2-ranked Tigers, featuring a roster with 80 freshmen and sophomores, are 5-0 and faced some of its most issues on Saturday in a 21-20 close call at North Carolina.
"Coming in, we have a young team and I really felt like that it would probably be Texas A&M or at Syracuse early in our season but we really hadn't had much adversity," Swinney said Monday evening of his team going to Chapel Hill last week.