In sports, the best team doesn’t always win a championship, but it almost always gets an opportunity to try. Tell that to the 13-0 Florida State Seminoles.
Dec. 4, 2023, 5:02 a.m. ET
The metaphorical white puffs of smoke sent up by the College Football Playoff selection committee on Sunday signaled that the panel had chosen the four teams that would vie for this season’s championship — and that Florida State, unbeaten champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference, was not among them.