For the first time since 2018, Syracuse football finishes the season ranked inside the Top 25. SU checks in at #20 in the final Associated Press Top 25 college football poll of the season. Syracuse finished 10-3 under Fran Brown in his first season as head coach at Syracuse.

Tennessee football reached the College Football Playoff in 2024 before falling to eventual national champion Ohio State and finishing 10-3.

Notre Dame is an independent but plays four other ACC schools. The dates for those games have yet to be set but the opponents are: at Pitt, at Boston College, North Carolina State, and Syracuse. The Miami game is scheduled for Hard Rock Stadium on Aug. 30 but it could move anywhere from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1.

Ohio State leads the coaches’ final top 25. It is followed by No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Texas, No. 4 Oregon and No. 5 Penn State. Four of those five top teams were college playoff semifinalists. Oregon, which fell in the quarterfinal to Ohio State, boasted the year’s best regular-season resume.

Where is Clemson in final college football rankings? See where the Tigers stand after the conclusion of the 2024 season.

Clemson finished with a 10-4 record to win the ACC championship and make the CFP in 2024. Here's where early 2025 projections have the Tigers ranked.

Clemson is coming off a 10-4 season in which it defeated SMU in the ACC Championship and earned a spot in the College Footb