Predicting the best and worst teams in college football in 2025, looking at the ESPN preseason rankings, and with the AP top 25 poll set to go live in the coming days.

Dabo Swinney believes the Clemson Tigers will be college football's first major 16-0 team. Swinney, ever the eternal optimist, made that proclamation in a recent sit-down with veteran ESPN college football reporter Chris Low for a lengthy feature on the Clemson football program ahead of the 2025 season.

That's the only way commissioner Jim Phillips and the conference are going to generate respect and a seat at the table in conversations with the SEC and Big Ten as further realignment speculation figures to hover over the ACC in the coming years.