The Clemson Tigers are ranked 14th in the preseason AP Poll, and the team is looking to get back to the College Football Playoff for the first time since 2020.
Clemson, under head coach Dabo Swinney has pretty much ignored the transfer portal since NIL rules came into effect. The Tigers won National Championships in 2016 and 2018, but they have had at least three losses in each of the past three seasons and beat Kentucky in the Gator Bowl last season.
This season, the program stands to benefit from the expanded College Football Playoff, which will include 12 teams for the first time.
Clemson begins its campaign with arguably the most difficult matchup possible, against preseason No. 1 Georgia at a neutral venue in Atlanta.
Luckily for the Tigers, they return key players including starting QB Cade Klubnik, RB Phil Mafah, and WRs Tyler Brown, Adam Randall and Troy Stellato. On defense, Swinney brings back S Khalil Barnes, DE TJ Parker and CB Shelton Lewis.
Clemson plays in a tough conference and it has a non-conference tilt against Georgia to open the season. The Tigers' ACC opponents this season include NC State, Stanford, Florida State and South Carolina, so it's likely to play in plenty of close contests.
After Florida State lost its Week 0 game against Georgia Tech, Clemson enters its season with the shortest odds to win the ACC. The market opened with FSU at +250 and Clemson at +350, but the Seminoles moved to +500 after falling to 0-1 with the Tigers now +275.
Clemson is among the teams with the shortest odds to make the expanded 12-team Playoff. The only teams with shorter odds are Alabama (+100), Georgia (-600), LSU (+120), Michigan (+150), Ole Miss (-130), Notre Dame (-170), Ohio State (-750), Oregon (-300), Penn State (-140) and Texas (-220).
Clemson has the joint-11th-shortest odds to win the National Championship entering the 2024 season. The Tigers have the shortest outright odds of any ACC team and are level in the market with the Tennessee Volunteers.
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Odds displayed within this article were correct at the time of writing and are subject to change.