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[quote author=leftcoast link=topic=11295.msg107700#msg107700 date=1417987778]I don't understand your ACC point, Boston Card.  The highest ranked ACC team (Florida St at #3) IS in the playoff, correct?

Right, the Orange Bowl gets the highest-ranked ACC team that's available. So when an ACC team goes to the playoff the Orange gets the #2. Every conference has at least one of those tie-ins.
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Exactly.  Note that this year it mattered, because it meant that Georgia Tech, ranked #12 got in, while Kansas State, ranked #11 did not.  That being said, I don't view it as a big travesty, since I think Tech has a better resume than KState.

BC

[BostonCard]

[quote author=leftcoast link=topic=11295.msg107700#msg107700 date=1417987778]I don't understand your ACC point, Boston Card.  The highest ranked ACC team (Florida St at #3) IS in the playoff, correct?

Right, the Orange Bowl gets the highest-ranked ACC team that's available. So when an ACC team goes to the playoff the Orange gets the #2. Every conference has at least one of those tie-ins.
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Exactly.  Note that this year it mattered, because it meant that Georgia Tech, ranked #12 got in, while Kansas State, ranked #11 did not.  That being said, I don't view it as a big travesty, since I think Tech has a better resume than KState.

BC