Well we all know by now, especially after seeing the All-ACC projections from the media, that Clemson is THE team to beat in the Atlantic Division, as well as the ACC. The Tigers returned a ton of players who were draft eligible as head coach Dabo Swinney and company try to win the second National Championship in three years at Clemson.
This is of course bad news to pretty much everybody else in the ACC, as Clemson went 12-2 last year en route to its third straight conference championship, and 17 in history. This was effectively a rebuilding year for Swinney, so to make the CFP Semifinals it tells a lot about the team.