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Miami high rankings prediction Challenge and averaging 53.0 point
Miami high rankings prediction Challenge
Miami continued to win impressively with a 50-15 win at South Florida on Saturday. The Hurricanes scored the last 36 points of the game after a tight first half. The first half had five lead changes. Miami took the lead for good with a 75-yard Cam Ward to Sam Brown touchdown pass with 1:56 left in the first half.
Miami moved up one spot to sixth in the ESPN Football Power Index. TeamRankings.Com has Miami seventh in the predictive metrics. Miami is ranked seventh in the Associated Press Top 25 and ninth in the USA Today coaches poll. The top four conference winners will receive byes in the College Football Playoff.
Being in the ACC should be to Miami’s advantage. Several Big 10 and SEC teams will make the College Football Playoff and be seeded a few spots below their national ranking and where they are rated by metrics. As long as Miami keeps winning they should stay ahead of the Big XII leader in the projected CFP rankings.
Following their win at number 14 Oklahoma State on Saturday, Utah moves into the top spot in the Big XII passing Kansas State. Utah’s win in Stillwater is the most impressive in the Big XII in 2024. Utah hosts Arizona on Saturday. Oklahoma State who is now 20th in the AP Top 25 plays at 23rd ranked Kansas State this week.
|
Seed |
Team |
Record |
Conference |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Texas |
4-0 |
Top SEC team |
|
2 |
Ohio State |
4-0 |
Top Big 10 team |
|
3 |
Miami |
4-0 |
Top ACC team |
|
4 |
Utah |
4-0 |
Top Big 12 team |
|
5 |
Georgia |
4-0 |
SEC at-large |
|
6 |
Alabama |
4-0 |
SEC at-large |
|
7 |
Tennessee |
4-0 |
SEC at-large |
|
8 |
Mississippi |
4-0 |
SEC at-large |
|
9 |
Penn State |
4-0 |
Big 10 At-large |
|
10 |
Oregon |
4-0 |
Big 10 At-large |
|
11 |
Missouri |
4-0 |
SEC at-large |
|
12 |
UNLV |
4-0 |
MWC/Top G5 team |
Big games in the Big 10 and SEC will significantly impact the College Football Playoff seeding. USC is out for now after losing at Michigan on Saturday. Georgia plays at Alabama on Saturday with the winner ascending to number one over Texas. The winner between Alabama and Georgia will have the most impressive 2024 victory
Louisville at Notre Dame on Saturday is the only other game likely to have an impact on the College Football Playoff projections next week. The winner between the Cardinals and Fighting Irish will earn a significant win in their quest for a CFP berth. Miami hosts Virginia Tech on Friday night to begin ACC play.
Miami is proving on the field that it belongs among the best teams nationally and not just as one that potentially qualifies for the College Football Playoff as the projected ACC Champion. The Hurricanes are the eighth-ranked nationally in the ESPN Football Power Index and the TeamRankings predictive metrics.
Miami is fifth nationally averaging 53.0 points per game and 13th allowing 8.7. Through three weeks of the 2024 season, Miami has been one of the most dominant teams. There was little movement in the top 10 of the week four national polls without any upsets or significant matchups.
