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.

CBS Sports Predicts Winner of LSU-Clemson Week 1 Game originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Week 1 of the college football season is packed with marquee matchups, including Georgia Tech at Colorado, Syracuse vs. Tennessee, Alabama at Florida State, Virginia Tech vs. South Carolina, Notre Dame at Miami, and TCU at North Carolina.

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.