Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney has been named one of the most hated in college football.

RotoWire ranked the 20 Most Hated Coaches in College Football, with Swinney coming in at No. 3 on the list.

“He’s won big and then sermonizes about how he did it,” RotoWire wrote. “The anti-transfer-portal, anti-NIL stances land as preachy in a sport that has moved on without him.

“Not every villain is loud. Dabo Swinney and Kirby Smart (No. 6 in the rankings) draw their share of national contempt simply by dominating — and, in Swinney’s case, by lecturing the sport about how he does it. Sustained excellence is one of the surest ways to make the rest of the country want to see you lose.”

Only LSU’s Lane Kiffin and Colorado’s Deion Sanders ranked higher. Southern Cal’s Lincoln Riley and Ohio State’s Ryan Day round out the top five.

From the RotoWire website:

To build this ranking, (we) weighted two inputs equally: 50% social fan-sentiment analysis across Reddit, X and Facebook, and 50% a 500-person fan survey. The result measures national feeling, not how a coach is viewed by his own fan base — where several names on this list rank among the most beloved in the country.

Swinney has always been a lightning rod for negative commentary, due to some of his strong, unfiltered opinions. However, he’s also known as one of the most genuine people in the sport, and almost anyone who has spent some time around him can attest to that fact.

Swinney, who is the all-time winningest head coach at Clemson, is one of just two active head coaches to win two or more national titles, with Smart being the other one. Clemson has also won nine ACC Championships during Swinney’s tenure, and he’s led the Tigers to seven appearances in the College Football Playoff.

Swinney will also get to face off with the coach at the top of the list when the Tigers open the season against Kiffin and his LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge on September 5.