A Cuse win would have helped us a lot. Not to be.
Clemson has been the new FSU in that it's been dominating a bad conference for years. I never bought into the idea that Bobby Bowden
was a great coach because he beat up on duke, uva and nc state for 20 years.
Maybe North Carolina can beat Clemson in the ACC title game--if the Heels get there. Otherwise, clemson is likely to go undefeated and will get a playoff spot, as will the osu-michigan winner. That would leave 2 spots. UCLA losing today will help and probably assure that the SEC claims the other 2 playoff spots--but there will likely be 3 SEC teams in contention for them.
TCU will also figure into the playoff picture--certainly if they go undefeated--but I think they're going to get beat before long.