Clemson coach Dabo Swinney made full use of his "College Football Pregame Show" appearance Saturday morning on CBS Sports HQ as he laid out his team's case for the College Football Playoff. When asked why the Tigers aren't in the same at-large conversation ...

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney stirred up controversy, suggesting the College Football Playoff favors SEC and Big Ten teams while dismissing strong resumes from other conferences.

Before Clemson took the field this Saturday for its showdown with The Citadel, head coach Dabo Swinney made an appearance on CBS Sports HQ. Clemson has an 8-2 record heading into the final two games of the regular season.

“We’ve scheduled tough. All you can do is play the schedule that you have,” said Swinney. “It is what it is, but you know, we basically have a SEC-Big Ten invitational, that’s really what we got in college football right now.” “We basically have an SEC-Big Ten invitational” in the College Football Playoff.

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“We’ve scheduled tough,” Swinney said. “All you can do is play the schedule that you have. It is what it is. We basically have an SEC-Big Ten invitational; that’s basically what we’ve got in college football. So you’ve just got to focus on what you’ve got.”

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney doesn't hold back his thoughts on perceived College Football Playoff favoritism for SEC and Big Ten.