Dabo Swinney explains ranking Ohio State No. 11 and which teams got ‘punished’ by playing more games
Updated Dec 28, 2020;
Posted Dec 28, 2020
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney, left, is doused in the closing moments of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game against Notre Dame, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, in Charlotte, N.C. (Jeff Siner/The News & Observer via AP)AP
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In the midst of your Christmas weekend, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney doubled down on his ballot for the USA Today Coaches Poll this past Monday when he explained why he ranked Ohio State 11th in the country.
Over the weekend, during an appearance on “College Football Scoreboard,” Swinney called the response to his ballot an “overreaction.”
PROVO In a span of two weeks, BYU s postseason aspirations went from a shot at a multi-million dollar New Year s Six bowl bid against a Power Five conference opponent to a berth in the Boca Raton Bowl, with an average payout of $900,000 against a team from the American Athletic Conference.
In a bowl season where motivation often trumps talent, the Cougars (10-1) are in a position where motivation could easily be lacking after a five-point loss to Coastal Carolina seemingly ended any hopes of an undefeated season and top-tier glory.
At least, on the surface.
Even as it built itself up as one of the best college football teams in the west with a win over Boise State only five teams west of Texas have just one loss, and most of them have half the wins that BYU does the No. 16-ranked Cougars still have plenty to prove as they prepare to face UCF on Tuesday (5 p.m. MT, ESPN).
PROVO In a span of two weeks, BYU s postseason aspirations went from a shot at a multi-million dollar New Year s Six bowl bid against a Power Five conference opponent to a berth in the Boca Raton Bowl, with an average payout of $900,000 against a team from the American Athletic Conference.
In a bowl season where motivation often trumps talent, the Cougars (10-1) are in a position where motivation could easily be lacking after a five-point loss to Coastal Carolina seemingly ended any hopes of an undefeated season and top-tier glory.
At least, on the surface.
Even as it built itself up as one of the best college football teams in the west with a win over Boise State only five teams west of Texas have just one loss, and most of them have half the wins that BYU does the No. 16-ranked Cougars still have plenty to prove as they prepare to face UCF on Tuesday (5 p.m. MT, ESPN).
By University of Kentucky Athletics
• Dec 17, 2020
Credit CBS Sports
CLEVELAND – The Kentucky men’s basketball team will play North Carolina on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic in place of the originally scheduled matchup with UCLA. The game will remain at 2 p.m. at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland with CBS still on the call. UCLA will flip with North Carolina and play Ohio State at approximately 4:15 p.m. The revised schedule was created to more closely align COVID-19 testing protocols between the competing programs and their respective conferences.
North Carolina is off to a 4-2 start and ranked nationally in both major polls (No. 22 in the Associated Press Top 25 and No. 21 in the USA Today Coaches Poll). The Tar Heels’ two losses were to Iowa and Texas, who are both ranked in the top 15 of both major polls.