Think I'm going for Clemson out of spite at this point...
i dont know if im willing to go that far but clearly even if the roles were reversed and sc had beaten bama by 2 yet lost two games to 6-6 teams including getting blown out in one of them bama would be in. even if clemson wins a close one over smu id still expect smu to drop below bama. there seemed to be a lot of deserved sc buzz leading up to the rankings but i thought it was mostly just online noise that wasnt going to find its way into the committee's deliberations.
i wanted miami to make it, they would be the team im rooting for in the playoffs but they played with fire all year and eventually got burned. that defense was going to bite them quickly even if they made it.