The bye week was good to Miami’s ranking and seeding.
On Tuesday night, the College Football Playoff (CFP) committee released the third installment of its rankings for the 2024 season. After setting the foundation for the seedings and revealing some of the underlying logic last week with the first release, this week’s rankings continued along that path as we move through the month of November.
Coming off a bye week, Miami was the beneficiary of previously unbeaten BYU losing at home to Kansas. That loss helped Miami move up a spot in both the rankings and seedings projection at this point of the season.
Miami moves up to 8th ranked team in CFP rankings for week 3. Also moves back up to 3rd seed after BYU’s loss.
— StateOfTheU.com (@TheStateOfTheU) November 20, 2024
November 1️⃣9️⃣ #CFBPlayoff Selection Committee Rankings
8️⃣. Miami (FL) // @CanesFootball pic.twitter.com/0sLw0zFhHg
— College Football Playoff (@CFBPlayoff) November 20, 2024
Miami continues to be the highest ranked ACC team at this point of the year. Following CFP logic, that means Miami’s projected as the eventual ACC Champions, and thusly retain their top-4 seed and a bye, if the current rankings held true to the end of the year. Here is the full bracket and seeding, for your viewing pleasure:
Regardless of present ranking, Miami is still in control of their own path to both the ACC Championship Game and College Football Playoff. Logically, it’s a simple path: win the rest of your games.
As it currently stands, Miami is in line for a first round bye. As the #3 seed, they would be in line to face the winner of 6 vs 11 game, currently ranked/seeded to be Penn State vs Georgia. But again, there’s a long way to go before any of this is finalized.
2 regular season wins against Wake Forest and Syracuse would put Miami in the ACC Championship game. A win in the ACCCG would Put Miami in the top 4 as ACC Conference Champions and earn the Canes a bye to the quarterfinals.
Miami returns to action on Saturday at Noon at home against Wake Forest on Senior Day. The game will kick at noon with nationwide coverage on ESPN.
Time to go win!
Go Canes