Projecting the College Football Playoff final bracket, top 25

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GRAPEVINE, Texas -- Three-loss Clemson won the ACC in dramatic fashion on Saturday night and is heading to the College Football Playoff.

But at the expense of whom?

In the era of the 12-team CFP, Clemson may have beaten SMU twice on the same night -- first on the field, and again by bumping them out of the committee's No. 12 spot to make room for themselves as the fifth-highest ranked conference champion.

Or will the committee look favorably on the Mustangs' second-half comeback and bump three-loss Alabama instead?

While Georgia's win against Texas in the SEC title game will cause some movement at the top, and Arizona State's Big 12 title gave the Sun Devils a…