This is the second-to-last post in our 25-part Super Squad Series, recognizing the best programs over the last three years in every single Division I FBS & FCS Conference, as well as the upperclassmen & staff who’ve anchored them.
Be sure to check back in two weeks when we count down the Top 10 College Football programs of the last three years!
Below: Full updated rankings after last week‘s rundown of the SEC Football programs.
About Super Squad Rating
Super Squad Ratings range 0-100, heavily-weighed toward zero. A 100.0 rating is only achievable for a team that finishes #1 in College Football all three years, with a 100+ power rating each year. The top three 2020 Super Squads rate in at 78, 57, and 47, respectively.
Best thought of as a notoriety score:
“How many normal people out of 100 should recognize this program’s success the last three years?”
EXAMPLE
Consider an SSR (Super Squad Rating) of 78 to abstractly mean that program deserves 78% of Americans’ attention.
Conversely a program with a 1.1 SSR would be worth the attention of only 11 out of 1,000 Americans.
Congratulations Clemson Tigers for being our ACC Football 2020 Super Squad Champions! Kudos to your entire program, and especially the 47 young men who were on the roster each of these three years – 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20 – listed here:
CONGRATULATIONS Amari Rodgers, Tee Higgins, Chase Brice, A.J. Terrell, Travis Etienne, Brian Dawkins Jr., Baylon Spector, Isaiah Simmons, K’Von Wallace, Diondre Overton, Denzel Johnson, Cornell Powell, T.J. Chase, Tanner Muse, LeAnthony Williams, Darien Rencher, Xavier Kelly, Will Swinney, Nolan Turner, J.C. Chalk, Sylvester Mayers, Justin Foster, Chad Smith, Nyles Pinckney, Josh Jackson, Peter Cote, James Skalski, Will Spiers, Landon Holden, Regan Upshaw, Logan Rudolph, Luke Price, Patrick Phibbs, Gage Cervenka, Jordan Williams, Cade Stewart, Matt Bockhorst, Jack Maddox, Blake Vinson, Tremayne Anchrum, John Simpson, Sean Pollard, Chandler Reeves, Will Brown, Carter Groomes, Jacob Edwards, James Edwards.
Before getting too into their accolades, let’s count down their Atlantic Coast Conference rival runners-up from worst to first:
14th
#74 North Carolina Tar Heels
6.5 Super Squad Rating
Record:
12-24 Overall
6-18 ACC
Average Power:
58.1
Yearly Finish:
#93, #136, #35
13th
#68 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
7.4 SSR
Record:
15-21 Overall
11-13 ACC
Average Power:
60.7
Yearly Finish:
#27, #57, #161
12th
#67 Louisville Cardinals
7.5 SSR
Record:
18-20 Overall
9-15 ACC
Average Power:
60.5
Yearly Finish:
#31, #155, #46
11th
#54 Pittsburgh Panthers
8.3 SSR
Record:
20-19 Overall
13-11 ACC
Average Power:
63.2
Yearly Finish:
#52, #47, #78
10th
#53 Virginia Cavaliers
8.3 SSR
Record:
23-17 Overall
13-11 ACC
Average Power:
63.2
Yearly Finish:
#94, #46, #40
9th
#50 Boston College Eagles
8.7 SSR
Record:
20-18 Overall
12-12 ACC
Average Power:
64.3
Yearly Finish:
#30, #53, #91
8th
#49 Florida State Seminoles
8.7 SSR
Record:
18-20 Overall
10-14 ACC
Average Power:
63.8
Yearly Finish:
#28, #83, #60
7th
#47 NC State Wolfpack
8.9 SSR
Record:
22-16 Overall
12-12 ACC
Average Power:
64.4
Yearly Finish:
#17, #41, #149
6th
#45 Duke Blue Devils
9.1 SSR
Record:
20-18 Overall
9-15 ACC
Average Power:
64.8
Yearly Finish:
#37, #40, #84
5th
#43 Syracuse Orange
9.2 SSR
Record:
19-18 Overall
10-14 ACC
Average Power:
65.2
Yearly Finish:
#53, #20, #99
4th
#40 Wake Forest Demon Deacons
9.5 SSR
Record:
23-16 Overall
11-13 ACC
Average Power:
65.3
Yearly Finish:
#24, #65, #64
3rd
#32 Virginia Tech Hokies
10.8 SSR
Record:
23-16 Overall
14-10 ACC
Average Power:
67.4
Yearly Finish:
#13, #82, #45
2nd
#28 Miami Hurricanes
11.8 SSR
Record:
23-16 Overall
15-9 ACC
Average Power:
69.2
Yearly Finish:
#10, #58, #59
WINNER
[Top 10] Clemson Tigers
77.8 Super Squad Rating
Record:
41-3 Overall
23-1 ACC
Average Power:
98.9
Yearly Finish:
#2, #1, #2
With more National Championships (2) than ACC losses (1) since Jan 1, 2017, the Clemson Tigers sit waayyy at the top of our list of best ACC football programs as aguably the most dominant College Football program of the latter 2010’s.
In just the last three seasons, Clemson has three ACC Titles, three College Football Playoff appearances, two National Championship appearances, and a National Championship title.
Congratulations all Tigers coaches, staff, administrators, players, and especially the 47 young men present on the roster all three years that earned this title!
Super Squad Rankings
These are our up-to-date Division I Super Squad rankings after this week’s announced winner. Follow along as each Sunday we fill in more teams and announce our next Super Squad!
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