Clemson football looks to get back in the College Football Playoff in 2025 as the Tigers lead the ACC in the first US LBM Coaches Poll release of the upcoming season.

The Tigers are one of only three teams from the conference represented in the top 25 of the preseason poll. Clemson , which ranked as the No. 6 team in the top 25, was also one of just five teams to receive first-place votes. The Tigers fell to Texas — the top team in Monday's preseason poll — in the first round of the CFP.

Elsewhere in the conference, No. 10 Miami and transfer quarterback Carson Beck will look to lead the Hurricanes to their first-ever appearance in the CFP, a year after Cam Ward finished as a Heisman Trophy finalist and became the No. 1 pick of the 2025 NFL Draft. SMU, which squeaked into the 2024 CFP as

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