I hate to say this. Have you looked closely at clemson's schedule? They have, what I consider, 6 potential losses on their scfedule:
Auburn
Florida State
Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech
NC State
South Carolina.
The Auburn game is at a nuetral site. 4 of those remaining games will be played at clemson. Playing an ACC schedule is advantageous enough when only one of your conference opponents spends as much money on and has as much an emphasis on, football, as you do. But to get a schedule where only one of your competetive games is played at a hostile environment.....that's ridiculously lucky.
Auburn
Florida State
Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech
NC State
South Carolina.
The Auburn game is at a nuetral site. 4 of those remaining games will be played at clemson. Playing an ACC schedule is advantageous enough when only one of your conference opponents spends as much money on and has as much an emphasis on, football, as you do. But to get a schedule where only one of your competetive games is played at a hostile environment.....that's ridiculously lucky.