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College Football Playoff committee values Miami more than national polls

The College Football Playoff committee valued Miami more than the national polls in the second 2024 rankings.

By Alan Rubenstein

Nov 9, 2024; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defensive back Zachary Tobe (23) breaks up a pass intended for Miami Hurricanes wide receiver Isaiah Horton (2) in the fourth quarter at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images
Nov 9, 2024; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defensive back Zachary Tobe (23) breaks up a pass intended for Miami Hurricanes wide receiver Isaiah Horton (2) in the fourth quarter at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images / Brett Davis-Imagn Images
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The College Football Playoff committee values Miami in the second 2024 rankings released on Tuesday night. Miami fell five spots to ninth in the CFP rankings and eight in the Associated Press Top 25 and US LBM Coaches Polls. Miami remained the highest-ranked team in the ACC but is one game behind SMU in the conference standings.

The Hurricanes still control their own path to the ACC Championship Game. If Miami wins its last two regular season games, versus Wake Forest on November 23 and at Syracuse on November 30 they will play in the ACC Championship Game on December 7 likely versus SMU.

SMU is the second team out of the CFP ranked 14th. Louisville is 19th and Clemson 20th among the other ACC teams in the CFP Rankings. Ohio State is second in the CFP rankings but would be the fifth seed with Oregon being the highest ranked team from the Big 10.

Ohio State would host 13th ranked (and 12th-seed) Boise State in a first-round game in the current projections. Boise State would receive a CFP berth as the highest-ranked Group of Five Champion. The Broncos currently lead the Mountain West. Miami would play the Ohio State-Boise State winner as the fourth CFP seed in the Peach Bowl.

Oregon remained atop the CFP rankings after big wins this weekend. The rankings had a huge shake-up after that with number three Georgia losing 28-10 at Mississippi. Georgia fell from third to 12th in the rankings and would be the first team out of the rankings behind Boise State.

Texas moved up to third as the highest-ranked SEC team and would be the second seed in the CFP. Penn State moved up to fourth and Indiana to fifth as the Big 10 has four of the top five teams. BYU moved from ninth to sixth and would be the third seed as the highest-ranked Big XII team.

Miami does not have much room for error after the loss to Georgia Tech. It seems more likely than not that the ACC will receive only one bid. Miami needs to continue the goal of being 1-0 every week as Mario Cristobal has continued to state. Everyone else can scoreboard-watch to determine which games could help Miami.

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