The Clemson Tigers knew that their path to the College Football Playoff was going to be a difficult one after losing at home to the Louisville Cardinals a few weeks ago. That loss dropped them from the ranks of undefeated teams in the ACC,

The latest College Football Playoff rankings come out Tuesday, so we offer projections and predictions of where Clemson will be in the CFP bracket.

Paul Finebaum actually defended Clemson’s chances to make the College Football Playoff. It’s not quite defending Dabo Swinney, but Finebaum is on board with the Tigers. Now, to make the CFP, they need a couple of things to happen.