Dear CFP Committee: SMU deserves a spot in the playoff

CHARLOTTE – The College Football Playoff committee can ruin its credibility on Sunday if they leave out an 11-2 SMU squad that rallied back in the ACC championship game to lose on a last-second field goal to the Clemson Tigers. It was the first loss for the Mustangs since Sept. 6 against a BYU squad that ended up winning 10 games. The Ponies’ two losses are by a combined seven points. 

And for a man who said he didn’t have a message for the CFP committee when asked after the game, SMU head coach Rhett Lashlee did a great job laying out his closing argument.