Clemson starts at No. 13 in ESPN’s football power rankings

Clemson starts the 2015 season ranked in the top-15 in yet another preseason poll, this time at No. 13 in the ESPN College Football Power Rankings.

The Tigers are coming off a 10-3 season with the biggest question surrounding the health of quarterback Deshaun Watson.

Here is what Ryan McGee had to say about Clemson:

“Forgive Dabo Swinney if he can't stop staring at his quarterback's left knee. Deshaun Watson's ACL, torn in December and surgically repaired over the winter, needs to be sturdy enough not just to carry his 6-foot-2, 205-pound frame through opposing defenses. It needs to be strong enough to carry Clemson to its highest preseason expectations since, um ... the Danny Ford era? ‘It's great to be picked by folks to do well,’ Swinney said of the Tigers' selection as the ACC title favorites. ‘But there's a good vibe around Death Valley right now. And a lot of that comes from Deshaun.’ To be more accurate, his knee. Clemson's defense is good, led by potential all-world defensive end Shaq Lawson. The offense lost genius coordinator Chad Morris to SMU, replaced by two men. But after four straight double-digit win seasons and (finally) a romp of a victory over South Carolina, the weight on the team – and yes, Watson's knee – has never been greater.”