Through Aug. 22, Sports Illustrated will count down its preseason college football Top 25 with overviews of each team. Here are the full rankings so far.
Beginning a decade ago and running across six seasons, Clemson was the definition of an elite program. Alongside Alabama, it was one of the teams in college football you could regularly pick to make the final game of the season. The Tigers had the talent, numbers, production and rings to back that up.
