As Irish fans, we're all probably much more familiar with the Tigers, who edged Notre Dame by two points in the typhoon/monsoon/tropical storm in Death Valley. After beating the Irish, Dabo Swinney's squad dominated Georgia Tech, Boston College, and Miami. In another huge home game Deshaun Watson had a huge second half to dispatch FSU, and Clemson managed to keep a perfect record in closer games down the stretch against Syracuse, South Carolina, and UNC (yes, even ELITE teams sometimes have close wins against bad teams like the Orange and Gamecocks).
A key to Clemson's success has been how well-rounded this team is - since facing Notre Dame, the defense has taken a small shuffle back (by small shuffle, from best in the nation to #5 or 6) and Watson and the passing game have really come to life (not that he was struggling earlier by any means).