Tigers coach Dabo Swinney isn’t hiding his feelings on which teams he wanted to see in the College Football Playoff. In the final AP Coaches Poll ballot ahead of Ohio State and Clemson’s Sugar Bowl meeting, Swinney voted for the Buckeyes at No. 11. The majority of the panel’s 61 coaches placed Ohio State in the top four, and all but Swinney ranked the Buckeyes as one of the top six teams in the nation. Swinney put Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Florida, Georgia, Cincinnati, Oklahoma, Iowa State and Coastal Carolina ahead of Ohio State. Even before the College Football Playoff field was announced on Sunday, Swinney disagreed with the idea that Ohio State, who only played five regular-season games, could earn a semifinal spot. “We’re going to have 11 games as well as the SEC teams—I mean, you look at Florida and Texas A&M and Alabama. I mean, these teams…
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