Heather Dinich of ESPN released her weekly College Football Playoffs projection ahead of the actual rankings being released tonight and listed Clemson as one of the "next four out" alongside the Iowa State Cyclones, the Colorado Buffaloes, and the Washington State Cougars.

Clemson suffered their second loss of the season during Week 10, against Louisville. So, who's to blame for this one?

Clemson dropped its season opener to Georgia, but since then the Tigers have won six straight by a 27.3 point margin. Louisville will be the first quality opponent the Tigers will face, but the Cardinals come in losers of three of their last five games.

The Clemson Tigers are in a much worse position for their playoff hopes now than they were entering the weekend.

Dabo Swinney owned Clemson's defensive failures versus Louisville, and Cade Klubnik was "pissed" postgame. Here are takeaways from the Tigers' ACC stumble.