Florida State should be champions if only undefeated team, players say - ESPN

DANIA BEACH, Fla. — Florida State quarterback Brock Glenn said the Seminoles should «absolutely» be considered national champions if they end the season as the only undefeated Power 5 team in college football.

Glenn said the prospect of raising a banner has been discussed among players, and he said the Seminoles remain focused on finishing out an undefeated season in the Capital One Orange Bowl in spite of a playoff snub and a host of bowl game opt-outs.

«The Orange Bowl is an awesome bowl, one of the best in the country, and we have a great opportunity in front of us playing Georgia,» Glenn said Thursday. «It's still a big game for us, and we're taking it serious. We're focused on the guys we have here to help us win the game.»

Glenn was Florida State's third-string quarterback for much of the season before being vaulted into the starting role after an injury to Jordan Travis and the transfer of backup Tate Rodemaker.

Florida State is 13-0 but was left out of the College Football Playoff because of Travis' season-ending injury. The Seminoles' opponent Saturday is two-time defending champion Georgia, which was knocked out of the playoff with an SEC title game loss to Alabama.

Florida State was leapfrogged by two one-loss teams in the playoff committee's final rankings, setting up the possibility that the Seminoles would be the last undefeated team from a Power 5 league still standing if No. 1 Michigan (13-0) and No. 2 Washington (13-0) both lose in the College Football Playoff.

That's a tantalizing prospect for some Seminoles.

«It's only right,» linebacker Kalen DeLoach said. «Nothing else needs to be said if we're the only undefeated team.»

There's plenty of precedent from the pre-playoff era, when teams split