As for Clemson, McElroy put the Tigers in Tier 2 as a CFP contender. “The team that everybody wants to bury, and I’m not doing it,” McElroy said of Clemson. “I understand that Clemson went 7-6. Clemson is grouped in McElroy’s Tier 2 with SMU and Louisville. “I have Clemson in Tier 2 because of the talent and the coaching, I think are still Tier 2,” he said.