For the last few weeks, Clemson's Dabo Swinney has argued that teams should be rewarded for playing games during a season disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and that teams that started later than others and didn't play as many games should be penalized by the College Football Playoff selection committee.
While the selection committee ultimately decided the Buckeyes were among the sport's four best teams, Swinney apparently didn't when completing his final ballot in the coaches' poll.
Swinney, whose No. 2 Tigers will play the No. 3 Buckeyes in a CFP semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on New Year's Day (8 p.