Clemson one of five teams projected as a lined favorite in all 12 regular season games
In a matter of days Clemson will debut inside of the Associated Press Poll’s top 10, possibly top five.
The Tigers are widely expected and projected to return to the College Football Playoffs for a second consecutive season. They’re also projected to be a lined favorite in each of their 12 regular season games.
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Clemson joins Georgia, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Arizona State as one of five teams expected to be favored throughout the regular season, according to a report by On3 College Football Insider Brett McMurphy.
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Based on power rankings from Brad Powers, of Bet the Board Podcast, those five programs enter the 2025 season projected as favorites in each of their 12 regular-season games, McMurphy wrote on Tuesday.
“The projections can (and will) change based on the actual on-the-field results,” McMurphy added.
Clemson, the 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference favorite, is not only expected to be favored in each of its 12 regular season contests, but also a double-digit favorite in nine of those games.
The Tigers will open the 2025 season on August 30 in Death Valley as a 4-point favorite over likely preseason top 10 pick LSU. Also, preliminary estimates have the Tigers as a 6-point favorite over Louisville and a 4.5-point favorite over rival South Carolina. Clemson will face the Cardinals in Louisville on Friday, November 14 and the Gamecocks in Columbia on November 29.
Clemson, which returns 17 starters and projected defensive end starter Will Heldt from the transfer portal, finished the 2024 season with 10 wins and another conference title.
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Last season the Tigers were a lined favorite in 11 of their 14 games, entering contests as underdogs against only then No. 1 UGA (+12) in the season opener, then No. 8-ranked SMU (+2) in the league championship game in Charlotte and then No. 4 Texas (+13) in Austin for the opening round of the CFP.
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Powers’ power ratings also projects eight teams to be favored in 11 of 12 regular season games: Alabama, Boise State, James Madison, Liberty, Miami, Oregon, Penn State and Toledo, McMurphy reported.
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