Brashard Smith and ninth-ranked SMU never felt they were finished, even when already locked into the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game in their league debut. “It was really important, just being undefeated in the conference,

Rivalry weekend didn’t end as well for some of the other top-ranked teams in the nation as it did for SMU. While the Mustangs didn’t have an emotional game with a lot of history on the schedule, its matchup with California had high stakes,