The Miami Hurricanes defeated the Wake Forest Demon Deacons 42-12 for their 10th win of the season, and now, a 2024-25 College Football Playoff berth is well within reach. Here’s where the program’s CFP and ACC Championship Game odds lie, with one week remaining in the regular season.
Miami’s ACC Championship Chances
Entering the weekend, Miami had a 33.0% chance of winning the ACC. That included a projected win against Wake Forest in Week 13, which they completed with ease.
After beating the Demon Deacons, Miami’s chances of making and winning the ACC Championship Game actually decreased to 28.34%. That’s due to the No. 1 team in the conference — the SMU Mustangs — winning their Week 13 game, having just the California Bears remaining on their schedule, and the FPM’s view of their ceiling.
How Can Miami Make the ACC Championship Game?
The Hurricanes are still a game back from the Clemson Tigers, but Dabo Swinney’s squad doesn’t have a conference matchup left and has two overall losses.
Thus, it’s simple for Miami: win Week 14 at the Syracuse Orange, and you’re in.
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The FPM actually favors Clemson in a potential championship dual with either SMU or Miami, but their losses to the Georgia Bulldogs and the Louisville Cardinals have all but sealed their ACC title hopes.
As long as SMU and Miami take care of business in the season finale, they face off for the ACC’s 2024 crown and a possible top-four seed in the expanded College Football Playoff.
Current ACC Standings
- 1) SMU Mustangs 10-1 overall (7-0 ACC)
- 2) Clemson Tigers 8-2 (7-1)
- 3) Miami Hurricanes 10-1 (6-1)
- 4) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 7-4 (5-3)
- 5) Syracuse Orange 8-3 (4-3)
- 6) Louisville Cardinals 6-4 (4-3)
- 7) Duke Blue Devils 7-3 (3-3)
- 8) Pittsburgh Panthers 7-3 (3-3)
- 9) Virginia Tech Hokies 5-5 (3-3)
- 10) North Carolina Tar Heels 6-5 (3-4)
- 11) Boston College Eagles 6-5 (3-4)
- 12) Virginia Cavaliers 5-6 (3-4)
- 13) NC State Wolfpack 5-6 (2-5)
- 14) Wake Forest Demon Deacons 4-7 (2-5)
- 15) Stanford Cardinal 3-7 (2-5)
- 16) California Bears 5-5 (1-5)
- 17) Florida State Seminoles 2-9 (1-7)
Latest Miami Playoff Probability Following Week 13
The Hurricanes checked in at No. 8 in the most recent CFP Rankings, with SMU (No. 13) and Clemson (No. 17) also appearing.
Miami’s current chances of making the College Football Playoff is 64.33%, but they’ll need to defeat the Mustangs to do so. However, Mario Cristobal and Co. can’t overlook the matchup with Syracuse next week — a loss there throws their title hopes out the window and right toward Clemson.
Hurricanes’ Remaining Schedule
According to CFN’s Football Playoff Meter, the Hurricanes shouldn’t have too much difficulty dispatching their final regular-season opponent of the 2024 campaign.
- at Syracuse: 70.3%
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