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Opinion: Clemson getting left out of first College Football Playoff top 4 'doesn't matter'

USA TODAY

Dabo Swinney did not know where his Clemson Tigers would land in the initial College Football Playoff Top 25 when he met with reporters Tuesday afternoon. But he was ready.

“It just doesn’t matter,” he said, in a statement that was probably parroted by every other coach in college football – and which should be echoed by every fan, but won’t be.

“If we’re 2, 3, 4, 15, it doesn’t matter,” Swinney went on. “It’s not worth the brain cells.”

True enough. But for the record, Clemson is No.