No. 4 Clemson is at the doorstep of the 2025 football season with a primetime clash with No. 9 LSU on August 30 drawing closer by the day.

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Meanwhile, Dabo Swinney continues to draw closer to 200 career wins and in doing so is set to pass more big college coaching names this season, irrespective of whether the Tigers make the College Football Playoff for a second consecutive year.

Swinney will enter the 2025 season with 180 career wins, which ranks 35th on the all-time wins list among college coaches.

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LSU head coach Brian Kelly, who owns 195 career wins and is set to return to Death Valley next weekend, enters the season 21st on college football’s all-time wins list.

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Coaches just above Swinney on the all-time wins list include …

181: Gary Patterson (TCU)

183: Dick Tomey (Arizona, San Jose State, Hawaii)

184: Darrell Royal (Texas, Washington, Mississippi State)

185: Johnny Majors (Tennessee, Pittsburgh, Iowa State)

187: Urban Meyer (Ohio State, Florida, Utah, Bowling Green), Jess Neely (Clemson, Rice)

188: Howard Jones (USC, Duke, Syracuse, Iowa, Yale)

189: George Welsh (Virginia, Navy)

190: Dana Bible (LSU, Texas, Texas A&M, Nebraska, Mississippi College), John Vaught (Ole Miss)

191: Bob Stoops (Oklahoma), Gary Pinkel (Missouri, Toledo)

192: John Cooper (Ohio State, Arizona State, Tulsa)

195: Brian Kelly (LSU, Notre Dame, Cincinnati, Central Michigan)

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