Florida State gets the win it needed, but will it be enough?

Going into Saturday's ACC championship game it seemed that all No. 4 Florida State would need to do was beat Louisville to clinch a spot in the College Football Playoff. 

It got that win an ugly 16-6 win over No. 15 Louisville to improve to a perfect 13-0 on the season.

But that still might not be enough given everything that happened on Saturday.

No. 7 Texas delivered an emphatic statement in the Big 12 championship game by obliterating Oklahoma State.

No. 8 Alabama threw a wrench into everything by beating No. 1 Georgia in the SEC title game.

No. 2 Michigan and No. 3 Washington also did what they needed to do in their respective games.

All of those teams have a compelling argument to be included. While there will be an argument that maybe both SEC teams should be left out, that seems like a stretch. 

The question that Florida State is going to have to worry about is if the committee wants to put the Seminoles, with a backup quarterback, in over Texas, Georgia and Alabama.

There is going to be a fierce argument against that given how good those other three teams are and how lackluster Florida State's offense might be without its biggest star, Jordan Travis.

The Seminoles won Saturday's game with a third string quarter, Brock Glenn, after Tate Rodemaker had to miss the game due to a concussion. Florida State's offense generated almost nothing all night and did not look like it would be capable of anything against one of the nation's elite teams.

As fair as that might be, you can not change two things.

Winning your conference championship game with a third string quarterback is extremely impressive, and even if Florida State's offense isn't playoff worthy its defense absolutely is. The Seminoles defense was a monster on Saturday night and made its own statement for a playoff spot.

The Seminoles did what they needed to do.

But Alabama and Texas gave the committee a lot to think about on Saturday. If any team gets left out, it might be the team that does not have its quarterback.