After his team debuted as the No. 2 team in the College Football Playoff Committee’s initial top 25 poll Tuesday night, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said to ESPN’s Rece Davis his team belonged on the R.O.Y.—the rest of ya’ll—bus with everyone else in the country.
To Swinney, the Tigers (8-0, 5-0 ACC) still had some work to do before they belonged in the first three buses with Alabama, who is ranked No. 1.
Davis laughed and said to Swinney Clemson very much belonged up front with the Crimson Tide, especially considering the Tigers have outscored their last three opponents—Wake Forest, NC State and Florida State—163-20.