5 College football teams that’ll bounce back from disappointing seasons

Clemson will win the ACC again

Looking back at the 2021 college football season, one of the biggest surprises was the fact that the Clemson Tigers weren’t able to win the ACC championship. That’s something very few people would have predicted before the season.

That being said, Clemson’s downfall is being overexaggerated.

The Tigers still won 10 games last season and without a couple of early-season losses, Clemson would have probably won the ACC last season, in what was a rebuilding year of sorts.

D.J. Uiagalelei’s inconsistency hurt the Tigers last season and he will need to be more productive but Clemson found a way to win with him down the stretch and it mostly had to do with defense.

Yes, the Tigers lost both of their coordinators, but Clemson has more talent than any team in the ACC and with five-star QB Cade Klubnik also in the mix, Dabo Swinney will have a really good option if Uiagalelei’s play doesn’t improve.

Clemson still signed one of the best recruiting classes in the ACC and while Wake Forest will be in the mix along with Pittsburgh, as well as some others, Clemson will get back to being the class of the ACC in 2022.