Clemson’s Dabo Swinney could have provided Ohio with some materials from the bulletin before the football game at college on New Year’s Day.
Swinney was honest last week about a team that played only six games, being in the last four to fight for the national championship. He did not specifically mention the state of Ohio, although it was likely that the Buckeyes would enter the playoffs if they won the Big Ten title.
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Ohio State won and reached the college football playoffs.
The final coaching poll was released Monday and it was revealed that Swinney kept Ohio in the Top 10. Swinney ranked Ohio 11th.
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He had Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame and Texas A&M in the top four. Florida, Georgia, Cincinnati, Oklahoma, Iowa and coastal Carolina completed the top 10.
Website stage noted that Swinney was not the only coach to keep Ohio at least in the top four.
TCU’s Gary Patterson, UTEP’s Dana Dimel, FIU’s Butch Davis, Coastal Carolina’s Jamey Chadwell, Alabama’s Nick Saban and Georgia’s Kirby Smart had either Ohio State fifth or sixth in the poll.
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Swinney’s team was selected as No. 2 seed in the College Football Playoff, and Ohio State was No. 3. Alabama, No. 1 seed, will face Notre Dame, No. 4 seed.