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College Football Playoff Committee Explains Alabama Earning Higher Ranking Than Miami

Cam Ward and the Miami Hurricanes lost 42–38 to Syracuse on Saturday to drop to 10–2 this season. | Rich Barnes-Imagn Images

It appears the Miami Hurricanes are out of the 2024 College Football Playoff.

Miami (10–2) was slotted at No. 12 in the fifth iteration of the College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday night, the final unofficial rankings before the bracket is set during Sunday's selection show. Although it's a 12-team bracket, the Hurricanes will be one of the first teams to miss the field due to the lowest-ranked conference champion (likely the winner of the Arizona State-Iowa State Big 12 championship game) set to hurdle their positioning.

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