SMU or Alabama?
That’s the College Football Playoff committee’s big dilemma heading into the final set of rankings on Sunday. The Mustangs battled back against Clemson to tie the game with less than 30 seconds to go before losing 34-31 to the Tigers on a 56-yard field goal with no time left.
The loss drops SMU to 11-2 and the Mustangs will assuredly fall from No. 8 in the rankings. But will they fall out of the playoff?
Alabama jumped Miami for the final spot in the provisional playoff field on Tuesday despite having a 9-3 record to Miami’s 10-2 record.