EA Sports designed Clemson Football as a Top 10 program in College Football 25

Top 10 Offenses

EA followed up with their Top 10 offensive units for the new game on Tuesday. Clemson wouldn’t be in this one so I didn’t have much anticipation about it.

Except they were. They plugged in at No. 10.

That was unexpected. Let’s start at the top. Georgia and Oregon: very fair. Alabama is a bit of a question mark simply because they have had so much turnover on the staff and roster, but there is talent there, especially on paper.

Texas should be very good, so no issues there. Ohio State should be good, again on paper. Those who saw their spring game might not be as confident, but on paper, the talent is there.

I think we have already discerned the situation here: EA is basing this very much on what the team looks like ‘on paper’. I wouldn’t be surprised to know that the developers are using some statistics very similar to Bud Elliott’s Blue Chip Ratio.

This is a review of how many players on a roster are considered blue-chip prospects, and it includes both Clemson and Miami, who are both in the Top 10 EA offenses.

I can’t blame the people who are ripping Clemson’s inclusion, along with the Canes and the Buffaloes. EA should probably consider that a calculation needs to be tempered by common sense. Clemson was nowhere close to a Top 10 offense last year.

Then again, when you look at their full list, Clemson is actually tied with several teams for 10th place. They are simply the team that was listed on the graphic. That makes a little more sense but it is still very gracias to an offense that ranked 59th in scoring per game and 68th in yards per game (per teamrankings.com).

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