College Football Playoff director 'infuriated' after SMU-Alabama …
4 days ago · The SMU-Alabama decision was considered one of the toughest 11th-hour decisions in CFP history. Eleven years ago, in the first CFP, the committee dropped TCU from third to sixth in the final ...
SMU playoff scenarios, explained: How win, loss in ACC ... - Sporting News
Dec 6, 2024 · SMU controls its own destiny as it tries to reach the first 12-team College Football Playoff. ... a CFP quarterfinal game. Clemson beats SMU in ACC championship game ... Bill Bender graduated from ...
SMU makes CFP bracket over Alabama in surprise decision
6 days ago · Alabama had the far better win, a victory over SEC champion and No. 2 seed Georgia. But also two bad losses, to Vanderbilt and Oklahoma. SMU’s two defeats came by a combined six points to top-25 ...
No. 8 SMU falls short in comeback bid in the ACC title game. Now …
“All SMU has done during the 12-game slate has earned their way into the CFP,” Phillips told The Associated Press earlier this week. “If there is a penalty for playing a championship game — when you’re in if the playoffs started today and then if you lose — then there’s no incentive at all ever to play another championship game.
ACC championship: SMU faces Clemson with CFP berths at stake | AP News
Dec 5, 2024 · Now the No. 8 Mustangs (11-1, 8-0, No. 8 CFP) look to complete an unbeaten run through the ACC in their inaugural season when they face perennial conference power Clemson on Saturday night at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.
College Football Playoff 'furious' and will investigate leak of SMU ...
4 days ago · LAS VEGAS - The first 12-team College Football Playoff resulted in the first leak of a team chosen for the field. “I was furious,” CFP director Rich Clark said Tuesday to USA TODAY Sports ...
CFP chair Warde Manuel explains why SMU beat out Alabama for final CFP …
6 days ago · Why did CFP select SMU over Alabama? Alabama came into Sunday's rankings with a 9-3 overall but a 5-3 record in SEC play, with two of those losses coming against then-unranked Vanderbilt and ...
No. 18 Clemson beats No. 8 SMU 34-31 on last ... - Associated Press News
Dec 8, 2024 · Cade Klubnik threw for 262 yards and four touchdowns, Nolan Hauser kicked 56-yard field goal as time expired and the No. 18 Clemson beat No. 8 SMU 34-31 on Saturday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff and position itself for a first-roun
SMU, Penn State rececive peculiar CFP bracket love from committee
6 days ago · CFP welcomes ACC runner-up, rejects Army, BYU, others. Much of the attention Sunday centered on whether the committee would choose Alabama or SMU for the final at-large spot.
SMU vs. Alabama was an existential CFP question, and the …
6 days ago · Starting with SMU’s case: The 11-2 Mustangs were one of just two Power 4 teams to go undefeated in conference play, along with Oregon.Their two losses came by a combined six points to top-20 ...
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