Seattle Post-Intelligencer · Dec 6, 2015
PLAYOFF PULSE: Clemson, Alabama, Michigan St join Oklahoma
Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson holds the most valuable player trophy after Clemson defeated North Carolina 45-37 in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. Photo: Bob Leverone, AP / FR170480 AP
The teams are set. How the College Football Playoff selection committee ranks them is all that remains to be seen.
Here's who is in:
No. 1 Clemson, No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 5 Michigan State.
The Spartans (12-1) provided plenty of drama on Championship Saturday, with an epic game-winning drive to beat Iowa 16-13 in an old-school Big Ten championship game in Indianapolis that was only missing leather helmets.