Debate will continue but committee got most important CFP decision right

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The debate isn't exactly over.

Penn State fans from Pasadena to Pennsylvania will still wonder, "What if?" USC fans would like to remind everyone the Trojans beat College Football Playoff semifinalist Washington during the regular season. And Oklahoma, even though it lost to Ohio State at home, had the look of a title contender while earning its 10th straight win in a dismantling of Auburn in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

Ah, hindsight.

It's as much of a college football tradition as tailgating.

The reality of the 2016 College Football Playoff is this: The committee's top two teams, No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Clemson, are playing for the national title on Jan. 9.

Teams 3, 4, 5 and 6?

They all lost.