The first playoff rankings are out, and at Alabama and Clemson and even UCF, there will be ongoing debates asking who's in. For the rest of the college football world, however, their place in the rankings is little consolation for crushed playoff dreams. The optimism of September has been replaced with the cold reality of November, and coaches and players are now working their way down their list of goals to find a few still within reach.
So, what's left to play for when the War Eagle has flown the coop or the Longhorns have come up short?