No. 10 Hurricanes remain on course for New Year’s Six bowl
The second College Football Playoff rankings were released Tuesday, and Miami still controls its destiny in quest of playing in a New Year’s Six bowl.
The Hurricanes didn’t budge in the latest edition of the College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday night, but their path to a major bowl is still the same.
The Hurricanes (7-1, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) are still No. 10 of 25 teams ranked in the second of five weekly 2020 CFP rankings, which ultimately determine the four teams in the College Football Playoff semifinals that send the two winners to the National Championship on Jan. 11 at Hard Rock Stadium.
The top four teams in this week’s edition: No. 1 Alabama (8-0), No. 2 Notre Dame (9-0), No. 3 Clemson (8-1) and No. 4 Ohio State (4-0).
The remaining top 10 are No. 5 Texas A&M (6-1), No. 6 Florida (7-1), No. 7 Cincinnati (8-0), No. 8 Georgia (6-2), No. 9 Iowa State (7-2) and Miami.
The Hurricanes travel to Duke (2-7, 1-7) on Saturday for an 8 p.m. kickoff and need to win their remaining games to virtually be assured of qualifying for a New Year’s Six bowl game, possibly the Capital One Orange Bowl on Jan. 2 at Hard Rock.
Miami, scheduled to play at home against North Carolina (6-3, 6-3) on Dec. 12 and conclude the regular season at home against Georgia Tech (3-5, 3-4) on Dec. 19, learned Tuesday evening before ESPN released the CFP rankings that Notre Dame, per a decision by the ACC, has clinched one of the spots in the ACC Football Championship Game on Dec. 19.
The Canes, however, could still meet the Irish in the ACC title game should they defeat Duke and UNC and should