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SMU drops behind Alabama in AP Poll released after conference championships

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The SMU Mustangs dropped behind the Alabama Crimson Tide in the latest AP Top 25 Poll released after the conference championships this weekend. Rhett Lashlee’s team sit at No. 12 after a 4-spot drop in the poll.

SMU lost Saturday night’s ACC Championship game when Clemson kicker Nolan Hauser nailed a 56-yard field goal in the game’s final second to send the 17th-ranked Tigers to the Playoff with a 34-31 win.

Meanwhile, No. 11 Alabama (9-3) sat at home in Tuscaloosa after missing out on an opportunity to defend its 2023 SEC title.

While the AP Poll moved SMU down behind Alabama (by one vote), ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit said Sunday morning that the Mustangs should be in with its body of work. SMU’s two losses come by six total points to a pair of Top 20 teams.

“After last year, I’ve learned I have no opinions about anything. I think everybody gets a trophy, everybody gets in. I want no death threats, no punishment for eight months for #FSUTwitter, so I have no opinion on anything, I love everybody. But if you’re asking me what I think will happen – not what I want, I have no agenda, no conspiracy theories – what I think that they’ll probably do is put SMU in for what you’re saying,” Herbstreit told Greenberg early Sunday morning. “I think a team that was three spots ahead of Alabama, that has to go play another game, another data point, and they lose on a last-second field goal.”

Here’s a look at the full poll:
1. Oregon
2. Georgia (+3)
3. Notre Dame (+1)
4. Texas (-2)
5. Penn State (-2)
6. Ohio State (+1)
7. Tennessee (-1)
8. Boise State (+2)
9. Indiana
10. Arizona State (+2)
11. Alabama
12. SMU (-4)
13. Clemson (+5)
14. South Carolina (-1)
15. Miami (-1)
16. Ole Miss (-1)
17. BYU
18. Iowa State (-2)
19. Army (+5)
20. Colorado
21. Illinois
22. Syracuse (+1)
23. Missouri (-1)
24. UNLV (-5)
25. Memphis

Others receiving votes in AP Poll: Texas A&M 75, Louisville 37, Duke 29, Kansas St. 9, Marshall 8, LSU 8, Florida 5, Ohio 2, Tulane 2, Baylor 2, Louisiana-Lafayette 1.

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