COLUMBIA, S.C. -- No. 1 Alabama went down. No. 2 Miami was upset. No. 3 Clemson showed up strong, and after a dominant, 34-10 victory over South Carolina, the Tigers are now poised to finish the 2017 regular season in the same spot they finished the 2016 playoff: at the top of the rankings.
Not that Dabo Swinney is going to heap much praise on his team for its position in the next College Football Playoff selection committee poll. If the Tigers are No. 1, great. But Swinney has repeated for the past three seasons, he cares little about the rankings, so long as Clemson is in the playoff.