For a second straight year Clemson beat Auburn, and for a second straight year it was no big deal, at least to the experts anyway.
Dabo Swinney mentioned several times during Clemson’s run to the national championship last season that the Tigers’ never really got any credit for beating an Auburn team that went on to play in the Sugar Bowl. It appears that’s the case again after the Tigers survived a slugfest in Death Valley last week to down the SEC’s Tigers.
Though Oklahoma was two spots lower in the polls when it went to Columbus, Ohio and beat then No.