Miami consensus College Football Playoff pick from ESPN writers
Ten out of the 15 writers ESPN asked "Who's most likely to make the playoff field?" named Miami in an article published on Thursday. The College Football Playoff selects the top five conference winners and seven wildcards. Miami has a 17.3 percent chance to make the College Football Playoff per the ESPN Football Power Index.
None of the 10 ESPN writers pick Miami to reach the semifinals. The ESPN writers picked the 12 teams to make the semifinals but did not make quarterfinal projections. No one on the 2024 Miami schedule it picked to reach the College Football Playoff by the ESPN writers.
The Allstate Playoff Predictor projected Florida State with a 36 percent chance to reach the College Football Playoff entering the season. After the Week Zero loss to Georgia Tech Florida's State chance to earn a College Football Playoff berth dropped to 13 percent per the Allstate Playoff Predictor.
The Allstate Playoff Predictor gives Miami an 18 percent chance to reach the College Football Playoff. After Florida State lost to Georgia Tech last week, Miami's three toughest games in 2024 per the Allstate Playoff Predictor are at Florida, California and Louisville. That starts on Saturday in Gainesville.
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The Allstate Playoff Predictor gives Miami a 42 percent chance to beat Florida, a 47 percent chance to win at California and a 43 percent opportunity to win at Louisville. Florida and Louisville will be tough games. Cal is projected to compete for a bowl game, but that is a win Miami has to have to make the College Football Playoff.
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ACC writers Andrea Adelson and David Hale both picked Miami to make the College Football Playoff. ESPN metrics guru Bill Connelly who created the SP+ measurement of college football, Ryan McGee, Chris Low, Harry Lyles and Dave Wilson were the only five ESPN writers making College Football Playoff projections who didn't pick Miami.