SMU gets the turnover as the ball goes off the receiver's hands and into Brandon Crossley's for the interception.

SMU head coach Rhett Lashlee explains what it was like waiting to find out if his team had made the College Football Playoff.

This is not about validation exactly. Still, it kind of is. For SMU and Penn State both. And each side knows it. When the 11th-seeded Mustangs (11-2) walk into wintry Beaver Stadium on Saturday to ...