Pollack opined the Clemson Tigers are deserving of the No. 4 spot in the rankings. This is the highest projection by any of the college football analysts who have revealed their rankings to this point. His Top 5 were Texas, Ohio State, Oregon, Clemson and Penn State.

David Pollack sees Clemson as a strong contender in 2025, placing the Tigers at No. 4 in his early top five on The David Pollack College Football Show. He ranked Clemson ahead of Penn State at No. 5 while Oregon,

Clemson will open the season in the national spotlight when the Tigers welcome LSU for a marquee tilt at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 30.

Clemson is coming off a 10-4 season in which it defeated SMU in the ACC Championship and earned a spot in the College Football Playoff for the seventh time. The Tigers have QB Cade Klubnik back along with defensive lineman Peter Woods, among others.