The 2025 college football season kicks off in less than 20 days, but with fall practice underway and offseason roster movement completed, it’s time to take to preview and projec

Inside the ACC takes a look at where ESPN ranks some of the most important players in the ACC heading into the 2025 season.

After returning to the College Football Playoff last year, Clemson is projected by ESPN to take another step forward, opening at No. 1 in the network’s preseason ACC power rankings. Analysts see Dabo Swinney’s squad as the league’s top national title threat and the only ACC team slotted in the “should be in” playoff category.