There’s no shortage of excitement surrounding Clemson – and very high expectations for the Tigers – entering the 2025 season.

In fact, Clemson is one of the buzziest teams in college football this offseason, according to one national outlet.

CBS Sports highlighted 12 college football teams generating the most offseason buzz, and the Tigers were listed among those with “hype trains rolling” ahead of the upcoming campaign.

Here’s what Carter Bahns of CBS Sports had to say about Dabo Swinney’s squad going into 2025:

“Dabo Swinney is nearly seven years removed from his second national championship, but after a long stretch that saw his Clemson program slip from its pedestal, he has a behemoth of a 2025 roster that could get back to the mountaintop. Cade Klubnik might be college football’s top quarterback after he improved throughout last season, and his stacked receiving corps will only help him reach the next level as a Heisman contender. Expected improvements on defense with Tom Allen taking over the unit will make the Tigers as well-rounded as anyone.”

Of course, Allen, Klubnik and Swinney’s Tigers will open the 2025 season at home on Aug. 30 against LSU – another team that appeared on CBS Sports’ most-hyped list:

“Brian Kelly faces tremendous pressure as LSU enters win-now mode in 2025. He has yet to meet the lofty expectations set for him at the beginning of his tenure, yet the anticipation for this season is as palpable as it was in any of the disappointing campaigns that opened his reign atop the Tigers program. On paper, Kelly shored up his defense with the No. 1 transfer class in college football. Garrett Nussmeier is back with the potential to become next year’s top NFL Draft pick, too. The hope in Baton Rouge is that all of the pieces finally come together.”

Clemson’s archrival, South Carolina, made the list as well:

“The young tandem of quarterback LaNorris Sellers and edge rusher Dylan Stewart is the source of extreme optimism at South Carolina. That duo helped the Gamecocks build a compelling playoff résumé last fall, and following their exclusion as the fourth team out of the field, they have something to prove in their second year together. The defense lost loads of key talent to the NFL Draft, but the excitement around the returning stars largely overshadowed those departures.”

Clemson doesn’t face Miami during the 2025 regular season, but the Hurricanes were pegged as one of the most-hyped teams, while former Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables’ Oklahoma squad is on the list as well.