From CBS Sports Your "entire resume screams a non-Top 25 team"
Overrated: Clemson
The ACC is, how to put this delicately, not good. In the Sagarin ratings, the conference has dropped to the No. 6 league in the country and the perception has probably never been lower this season than after Florida State did Florida State things by losing to NC State on Saturday to end any hopes of a team getting into the national championship game. The fact that the Tigers have landed at No. 16 in the AP and (!!) No. 13 in the coaches poll is confusing considering they were blown out by the Seminoles and their best win is over a 1-4 Auburn squad.
The offense has been clicking, and there's good reason with Tajh Boyd, Sammy Watkins, Andre Ellington and others leading the way. But the defense has been ... oof. Ranked 96th in the country and giving up nearly 450 yards per game, Brent Venables is spending the school's money and not delivering. They struggled against Georgia Tech (who lost to Middle Tennessee 49-28 at home last week) and likely won't face a ranked team until South Carolina at the end of the year. Bottom line is their loss looks worse in retrospect, the wins aren't great and the entire resume screams a non-Top 25 team. Yet they're as high as No. 13.
Overrated: Clemson
The offense has been clicking, and there's good reason with Tajh Boyd, Sammy Watkins, Andre Ellington and others leading the way. But the defense has been ... oof. Ranked 96th in the country and giving up nearly 450 yards per game, Brent Venables is spending the school's money and not delivering. They struggled against Georgia Tech (who lost to Middle Tennessee 49-28 at home last week) and likely won't face a ranked team until South Carolina at the end of the year. Bottom line is their loss looks worse in retrospect, the wins aren't great and the entire resume screams a non-Top 25 team. Yet they're as high as No. 13.