1. Clemson (Last Week: 28-26 W @ Texas A&M) Previous Rank: 1
Clemson went on the road and won in a hostile environment in College Station, and that speaks for itself. Dabo Swinney has some incredible luck in close games, though, as advanced statistics say that the Tigers should have lost this game (Postgame Win Percentage of just 39.7% - for reference, NC State’s was 100.0%). Texas A&M was done in by their inability to convert scoring opportunities into points, but you can’t really say that without also giving credit to the Tigers’ D.