A few hour had passed and Mike Norvell still couldn’t shake the feeling of disappointment that had been handed to his team Sunday afternoon.
Norvell’s Florida State Seminoles completed a perfect regular season, capped by their first Atlantic Coast Conference championship since 2014 with a 16-6 win over the Louisville Cardinals on Saturday.
Their reward? Being left out of the College Football Playoff after entering the week in the four-team field.
The Seminoles were ranked No. 5 in the final CFP poll and will instead play No. 6 Georgia in the Orange Bowl on Dec. 30 at Miami Gardens’ Hard Rock Stadium.
The Big 10 champion Michigan Wolverines, Pac-12 champion Washington Huskies, Big 12 champion Texas Longhorns and Southeastern Conference champion Alabama Crimson Tide took the top four spots in the College Football Playoff rankings.
When the final playoff spot revealed Alabama had jumped FSU, Norvell sunk his head into his hands at the team’s watch party.
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