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GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Let’s forget all that has happened to Florida State since the Seminoles were 13-0 after winning the ACC title game with a third-string freshman quarterback last season. FSU fans certainly wish they could.
Back before that unprecedented snub last December, when the Seminoles became the only Power Five team in the 10 seasons of the four-team format to be left out of the College Football Playoff.
How would those Seminoles have fared if there had been a 12-team playoff bracket then?
The Associated Press took part in one of a series of mock exercises conducted by CFP officials to provide insight into how the 13-member selection committee’s process will work for the expanded playoff that begins this season.
In the exercises, there was certainly a spot in the 12-team field for an undefeated Florida State, and even a first-round bye as one of the four highest-ranked conference champions. Still, the Seminoles didn’t finish in the top four of any of the final rankings.