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I've been screaming all week that Alabama is going to get in.
It beat the soon-to-be two-seed SEC Champion Georgia, and it beat South Carolina which JUST beat Clemson last week. I assumed there was no way the committee could rank Clemson above South Carolina, or SMU above Clemson, which would mean Alabama is in, and SMU out.
That probably changed with the way SMU mounted that late comeback to tie the ACC Championship in the final moments.
Had Clemson blasted the Mustangs, this might be different. But now, here's how I THINK this will work.
The committee won't mess with the pecking order of teams in last week's rankings that weren't in a conference championship. However, what it will (probably) do is jack up all the conference champs.
It won't move teams down, it'll push teams up which might force a few down - semantics. So yes, it'll move Clemson ahead of SMU, but it'll do that with Boise State and Arizona State, too.
Now, I could be very, VERY wrong, and watch Alabama gets the call after all, but ...
College Football Playoff Top 25 Final Prediction
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25 Memphis
Record: (10-2)
Last Week Rank: 25
24 Colorado
Record: (9-3)
Last Week Rank: 23
23 Syracuse
Record: (9-3)
Last Week Rank: 22
22 Illinois
Record: (9-3)
Last Week Rank: 21
21 UNLV
Record: (10-3)
Last Week Rank: 20
20 Army
Record: (11-1)
Last Week Rank: 24
19 Missouri
Record: (9-3)
Last Week Rank: 19
18 BYU
Record: (10-2)
Last Week Rank: 18
17 Iowa State
Record: (10-3)
Last Week Rank: 16
16 South Carolina
Record: (9-3)
Last Week Rank: 14
15 Ole Miss
Record: (9-3)
Last Week Rank: 13
14 Miami
Record: (10-2)
Last Week Rank: 12
13 Alabama
Record: (9-3)
Last Week Rank: 11
12 Indiana
Record: (11-1)
Last Week Rank: 9
CFP Projected Seed: 12
11 SMU
Record: (11-2)
Last Week Rank: 8
CFP Projected Seed: 11
10 Clemson
Record: (10-3)
Last Week Rank: 17
CFP Projected Seed: 10
9 Arizona State
Record: (11-2)
Last Week Rank: 15
CFP Projected Seed: 4
8 Boise State
Record: (12-1)
Last Week Rank: 10
CFP Projected Seed: 3
7 Tennessee
Record: (10-2)
Last Week Rank: 7
CFP Projected Seed: 9
6 Ohio State
Record: (10-2)
Last Week Rank: 6
CFP Projected Seed: 8
5 Notre Dame
Record: (11-1)
Last Week Rank: 4
CFP Projected Seed: 7
4 Penn State
Record: (11-2)
Last Week Rank: 3
CFP Projected Seed: 6
3 Texas
Record: (11-2)
Last Week Rank: 2
CFP Projected Seed: 5
2 Georgia
Record: (11-2)
Last Week Rank: 5
CFP Projected Seed: 2
1 Oregon
Record: (13-0)
Last Week Rank: 1
CFP Projected Seed: 1
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