What’s better than largely irrelevant bowl games of also-ran teams? A largely irrelevant tournament of also-rans. I give you college football’s NIT.

The South Carolina Gamecocks have finished inside of the top 15 in the College Football Playoff rankings. The South Carolina Gamecocks have officially not made

Barring a late miracle, South Carolina will not make this year’s College Football Playoff. The Gamecocks currently sit at No. 14 — outside of the projected field — in the new CFP rankings released Tuesday night on ESPN.

In last week’s rankings, the committee slotted the trio in this order: No. 13 Alabama, No. 14 Ole Miss and No. 15 South Carolina. Since then, the Gamecocks were the only team to beat a ranked opponent, knocking off No. 12 Clemson.

Here are the scores from the South Carolina high school football state championship games in the SC high school football playoffs.

South Carolina high school football concluded with six champions crowned. Dutch Fork dominates again, South Florence wins a classic, and Northwestern takes a buzzer-beater victory. Oceanside Collegiate,