"No. 11 Mississippi (10-3), which closed with an impressive Gator Bowl win over Duke, and No. 13 BYU (11-2), which routed Colorado in the Alamo Bowl, were ranked ahead of two playoff teams from the ACC, SMU and Clemson."

I agree. I still can't understand the promotion of Boise St (and their bye) over our ACC playoff teams.

Hey, let's talk about the final AP Poll and the ESPN story without linking to either.

1. Ohio State
2. Notre Dame
3. Oregon
4. Texas
5. Penn State
6. Georgia
7. Arizona State
8. Boise State
9. Tennessee
10. Indiana
11. Ole Miss
12. SMU
13. BYU
14. Clemson
15. Iowa State
16. Illinois
17. Alabama
18. Miami
19. South Carolina
20. Syracuse
21. Army
22. Missouri
23. UNLV
24. Memphis
25. Colorado

SMU was blown out in their playoff game. They were really bad in the first half of that game and in the first half of the ACC title game. That's why they are 12th.

Compare them to ASU, who won the Big 12 title game and went to OT in their playoff game (could have won it, too, except that the refs let Texas get away with targeting on a play near the end of the 4th quarter).

BearSD said:

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SMU was blown out in their playoff game. They were really bad in the first half of that game and in the first half of the ACC title game. That's why they are 12th.

Compare them to ASU, who won the Big 12 title game and went to OT in their playoff game (could have won it, too, except that the refs let Texas get away with targeting on a play near the end of the 4th quarter).

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same refs let ASU get away with an even more egregious (sp??) targeting just a few plays before on the interception play...