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☆ Chuck Todd: College Football Playoff selection committee dodges controversy by correctly leaving Alabama out
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Chuck-Todd-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Chuck Todd | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

The fact that the committee chair admitted they debated SMU’s losses to ranked teams vs. Alabama’s losses to unranked teams makes me wonder. So too does almost putting a nine-win SEC team in over an 11-win ACC team. Here’s what is true: The SEC football programs spend the most money, and they would never want to believe they aren’t the best given how much each program does spend. Penn State vs. 13. Ohio State vs. 11.

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A 34-31 loss to Clemson in the ACC Championship game took the SMU Mustangs from dreams of a first round bye to sweating over whether they will get a CFP invite at all. 8 in the CFP rankings, SMU’s disappointing loss may be enough to drop the Mustangs out of the 12-team bracket in the eyes of the selection committee. “I just want our league to get the same respect that everyone else gets.”The Mustangs are seeking some long-awaited redemption. In 1987, SMU became the first – and to this day, only – football program to receive the “death penalty” after a widespread scheme was discovered where players were being paid to come to the school. The NCAA canceled SMU’s 1987 season, and the Mustangs didn’t play another football game until 1989.

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☆ College Football Playoff bracket revealed: Oregon No. 1 overall, SMU gets in over Alabama
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Ralph D. Russo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

The first 12-team College Football Playoff will include SMU but not Alabama. Their losses were to ranked teams. GO DEEPER In defense of the College Football Playoff's funky seeding formatUnbeaten Oregon of the Big Ten will be the No. AdvertisementAfter conference championship games were played Friday and Saturday, the only drama that remained for selection Sunday was between Alabama and SMU. Alabama (9-3) touted its strength of schedule that included three victories against teams the committee ranked, including SEC champion Georgia.

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☆ 5 takeaways from the unveiling of the 12-team College Football Playoff field
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —The field is set, the games are scheduled, and college football fans have an absolutely scrumptious holiday buffet of playoff games set out in front of them. The College Football Playoff Selection Committee unveiled its final rankings and the bracket for the first-ever field of 12 teams competing for a national title in the expanded playoff format later on this month. Here are five takeaways from the reveal of the College Football Playoff tournament on Sunday. We get to take a little bit of a break and get ready for the College Football Playoff. The Fighting Irish are one of the winningest college football teams in history and will enter the game as the favorite, but Indiana’s season has been one of the biggest stories of college football this year.

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☆ College Football Playoff takeaways: Clemson kickstarts SMU-Alabama debate for final spot
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( The Athletic College Football | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +20 min

… We just played a playoff game, basically, out there and played pretty dang good. And none of the three beat a better opponent than in their conference title game than No. Anything extra — like a Playoff win or two — seems like a bonus. But here’s why the circumstances surrounding Beck’s injury in Saturday’s SEC title game are different from the injury to Florida State’s Jordan Travis last year. — BakerGO DEEPER College Football Playoff 2024 projections: SMU favored over Alabama for final spot(Photo: Grant Halverson / Getty Images)

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Jennings threw a touchdown pass and accounted for 266 yards from scrimmage, Collin Rogers kicked four second-half field goals and No. 17 Tulane 26-14 on Saturday in the AAC title game. Political Cartoons View All 1277 ImagesThe Mustangs (11-2) also turned in a stifling defensive performance, limiting Tulane (11-2, No. “Our defense today, they dominated,” Lashlee said, highlighting how SMU held Tulane to 31 yards rushing, far below its average of 167.3 yards coming in. Interceptions by Cam Pedescleaux and Jarius Monroe, and an early missed field goal by SMU, kept Tulane in the game.

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