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The talent gap between Clemson and everyone else in the Atlantic Coast Conference is so wide this fall, even wins can hurt the Tigers if they’re not achieved by comfortable margins

Clemson is the defending national champion of college football and has the sport’s longest current winning streak at 20. But a close call last weekend against unranked North Carolina has exposed what may be the Tigers’ biggest weakness: their easy schedule for the rest of 2019.

The narrow win over the Tar Heels—saved by stopping a 2-point conversion with 1:17 remaining—spared Clemson from being on the losing end of the upset of the decade. But it cost the Tigers in the polls, dropping them to No. 2 behind rival Alabama in...

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