Clemson's game against Texas A&M will be a very telling game next year. To me one of the more impressive things about what CNS has done at Bama is his ability to reload after losing loads of talent year after year. While recruiting plays a big part in that, it goes much deeper than that. That said, this is somewhat new territory for Clemson with regards to replacing that much talent all at once. While I'm not sure that anyone in the ACC can expose the talent that Clemson lost, Texas A&M might (MIGHT) can. Even if Clemson loses to A&M, I still expect them to make the playoff next year because I'm not sure that anyone in the ACC can hang with them. Personally UGA is the team that I'm most concerned about going into next year...but I also think Kirby is also trending in new territory with that program so it'll be interesting to see how they respond next year as well. Just shooting from the hip, I think that UGA, Bama, Clemson and Oklahoma are the favorites to make the playoffs; with LSU, Ohio State and maybe even Texas poised to possibly make a run as well. I mean geez, is it September yet!?!?!?!