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The Miami Hurricanes’ College Football Playoff destiny will have been sealed on Tuesday as they weren’t a few of the groups slotted within the penultimate bracket earlier than convention championship weekend.
Miami’s upset loss to the Syracuse Orange had a bundle to do with that. The Hurricanes blew a 21-0 supremacy to ultimately lose, 42-38. It was once Miami’s 2nd loss in 3 video games, with the alternative coming towards Georgia Tech.
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Miami quarterback Cam Ward, #1, warms up earlier than an NCAA school soccer sport towards Syracuse in Syracuse, Brandnew York, on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Picture/Adrian Kraus)
The choice committee indexed Miami as the primary workforce at the outdoor having a look in. The 3-loss Alabama Pink Wave was once positioned within the eleventh spot of the bracket. Alabama misplaced to Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Oklahoma this season.
The ACC might best see one workforce within the playoffs when all is alleged and accomplished. SMU was once ranked Deny. 3 within the bracket however might fall out in the event that they lose the convention identify sport towards Clemson. Convention commissioner Jim Phillips stated it was once disappointing to peer Miami proceed from Deny. 6 to Deny. 12.
“Miami has more wins and fewer losses than the team director ahead of them and a dominant victory over an SEC team whose late-season surge includes a win over No. 13 Ole Miss,” Phillips stated in a remark. “Moreover, with two losses by a combined nine points – to a ranked Syracuse team and a Georgia Tech team that just took No. 5 Georgia to eight overtimes – Miami absolutely deserves better from the Committee.
Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe, #4, celebrates his touchdown run against Auburn during the second half of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)
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“As we look forward to the general scores, we are hoping the Committee will rethink and put a meriting Miami within the grassland. We can proceed to look ahead to this weekend, when Clemson and SMU have a chance to earn an ACC championship and constitute the convention n the CFP.”
Warde Manuel, the CFP selection committee chair, defined on ESPN why Alabama were given the threshold over Miami.
“What it got here all the way down to is as we evaluated each groups and checked out how they rank, clearly we consider highly each groups,” he stated, by means of On3 Sports. “One’s at 11, one’s at 12. However what it actually got here all the way down to is Alabama is 3-1 towards flow supremacy 25 groups and Miami is 0-1. Alabama is 6-1 towards groups above .500 and Miami’s 4-2. Each have had some losses that weren’t what they sought after out of the ones video games. However within the ultimate 3 video games, Miami has misplaced two times.”
Miami head coach Mario Cristobal walks off the field after an NCAA college football game against Wake Forest on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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However, Manuel said things could still change depending on how the conference championships play out.
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