Alabama is widely recognized as the best team in college football this season, even among one of their chief competitors.
Clemson was ranked No. 2 in the first CFP rankings, which were released on Tuesday. Though they’re only one spot behind Alabama, Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney said the gap between Bama and everyone else is huge.
“Hey listen, we’re just glad to have an opportunity at this point to know we are in the hunt,” Swinney said during an interview with ESPN. “But the reality of it, it’s like back when I was a player they had kind of the big time bus then they had the ROY bus, the ‘rest of ‘y’all.’ It’s Alabama and the rest of y’all right now. We’re just glad to be on the ROY bus right now and still have a chance. Man, the race isn’t over. You got to keep running the race with great attention to the task at hand.”
When told that Clemson isn’t on a bus but has a front-row seat, Swinney dismissed it.
“Alabama is on bus 1, 2, and 3, and it’s the ROYs,” Swinney laughed. “It’s the rest of y’all. We’re in that group.”
That is the way it seems for now. But ‘Bama has its biggest test of the season coming up at LSU on Saturday, which will be a nice measuring stick. If the Tide roll through LSU on the road, they could be on their way to becoming the best college football team in history.
If Clemson does square off against Alabama in the championship game, Nick Saban better be giving Swinney good odds on their usual bet.
