There are 128 teams that play at the highest level of college football, and they all start the season undefeated.
But the harsh reality is, only 11 have a legitimate chance to win the 2016 College Football Playoff. In the third installment of an 11-part series, let's take a look at another of the few teams that could actually win the CFP: the Clemson Tigers.
This club is tied for the third fewest overall returning starters in the ACC and had the highest number of ACC NFL combine invites. Those personnel losses might seem like an insurmountable hurdle in Clemson's quest to extend its five-year streak with 10 or more wins (a pace matched only by the Alabama Crimson Tide), but Dabo Swinney and his staff have done a terrific job of stocking the personnel cupboard for another run at a national championship.