This was the big weekend in college football where the conferences held their finals, leading to the NCAA Playoff Committee issuing its final rankings for the post-season tournament. There has been a dose of surprises emerging after the regular season.
Few saw SMU rising to prominence in its first year in the ACC. The Arizona State Sun Devils were preseason picks for the bottom of the Big 12. Indiana has leveraged a favorable schedule to become an offensive production team. Additionally, who saw defending champion Michigan struggling to make a bowl game, or Alabama fading into an also-ran?
The conferences have been decided, the committee slammed pizzas and Red Bulls late into Saturday night, and the college football post-season has been established. Here are the results and the final bracket as released this Sunday.
SEC Championship
Georgia 22 –…