SMU's comeback effort seals the deal, Oregon looks like the team to beat and other takeaways from every college football conference championship game
The Crimson Tide were left out, and SMU claimed the final at-large spot. Clemson’s win got it into the field as the No. 12 seed, but it missed out on a bye as Group of Five representative Boise State earned the No. 3 seed with its Mountain West title win with the Sun Devils at No. 4.