This the "Topp Rope," a biweekly SEC football column from the USA TODAY Network's Blake Toppmeyer.
Clemson fans should be able to celebrate New Year’s Eve without the stress of a College Football Playoff semifinal.
Clemson isn’t eliminated from the CFP after a 10-3 loss to Georgia on Saturday, but the path to admission is awfully narrow, in part because the remainder of Clemson’s regular-season schedule features no opponents in the Top 25 of the latest USA TODAY Sports AFCA coaches poll.
Clemson flopped in its opportunity for a marquee victory.