Clemson Football: 4 reasons the Tigers would love a Big Ten schedule

Clemson Football: 4 reasons the Tigers would excel with a Big Ten schedule

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - DECEMBER 07: Nicholas Petit-Frere #78 of the Ohio State Buckeyes celebrates after winning the Big Ten Championship game against the Wisconsin Badgers at Lucas Oil Stadium on December 07, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images) /

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CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – DECEMBER 07: A detailed view of the trophy after the Clemson Tigers defeated the Virginia Cavaliers 64-17 in the ACC Football Championship game at Bank of America Stadium on December 07, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

3. Inflated rankings

Here’s an area that the ACC certainly doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt.

We’re not hear to argue that the ACC is equal to the Big Ten this year. There’s no doubting that the conference was awful, but what we are here to argue is that the Big Ten thrives because of inflated rankings.

Because teams like Michigan and Wisconsin were ranked highly in the preseason, they get the benefit of the doubt when the CFB Playoff rankings are released.

Do you really think Clemson would be afraid to play Michigan, Penn State or Wisconsin? Those games wouldn’t even be close.

But if the Tigers had those programs on their schedule, they’d all of a sudden have ‘quality wins.’ We all know that the Big Ten outside of Ohio State is overrated and none of those teams would even put up a fight against Clemson football.

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