With Clemson's struggles in back-to-back home games and SMU's Week 2 loss, the door is open for new ACC representation in the 12-team College Football Playoff.
Coming into the season, Louisville clearly had one of the toughest schedules in the ACC. That’s still true two weeks in, but while that fact had dimmed my optimism for Jeff Brohm’s third season at his alma mater, now the door seems to be wide open for the Cardinals to emerge as a dark horse College Football Playoff contender.