Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney told his players not to buy into the release of tonight’s first College Football Playoff Poll.
The Tigers, who will try to improve to 9-0 for the first time in a season since 1981 this Saturday against No. 17 Florida State, are projected to fall anywhere from No. 1 to No. 4 in the first poll.
“I don’t care, not unless they give me an exemption. Like a pass,” Swinney said during his weekly press conference on Tuesday. “Like in golf, if you win a tournament then you don’t have to play the rest of the matches, you just show up at The Masters.