Secretary of State Marco Rubio joins in on the Miami Hurricanes CFP debate

Marco Rubio has jumped into the Miami-Notre Dame playoff debate, and he did it by asking Donald Trump to "take over" the College Football Playoff committee if the Hurricanes get left out. The Florida alum and U.S. secretary of state used a nationally televised moment to go to bat for 10-2 Miami, adding another high-profile political voice to a fight that's already pulled in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio sides with Miami in the CFP debate

Rubio made his comments on Tuesday, joking that if a 10-2 Miami team that beat Notre Dame gets snubbed from the CFP, "the whole thing needs to get scrapped" and Trump will "have to step in and take over" the CFP committee next year. He prefaced it by reminding everyone he's "a Florida Gator," but said that if the Hurricanes are "screwed out of the College Football Playoff after going 10-2 and beating Notre Dame," the system has lost credibility.

"If the University of Miami gets screwed out of the College Football Playoff after going 10-2 and beating Notre Dame, the whole thing should be scrapped and [President Trump] is gonna have to take over next year."

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In the current CFP rankings, Notre Dame is No. 10 and Miami is No. 12, even though the Hurricanes own that head-to-head win. The committee's choice to consistently keep the Irish ahead of Miami has been the biggest topic of debate over the past week.

In the most recent rankings, the CFP committee moved Notre Dame down one spot, but they still remain ahead of the Hurricanes. The Alabama Crimson Tide moved up to No. 9 and BYU held firm at No. 11. If BYU loses to Texas Tech in the Big 12 championship game, that could set the stage for the committee to revisit their previous decision since ND and Miami would presumably be back-to-back in the rankings.