ESPN lead studio analyst Booger McFarland continued to state Miami should be in the College Football Playoff over Notre Dame during the penultimate rankings reveal on Tuesday night. Notre Dame is 10th and Miami is 11th in the CFP rankings released on Tuesday
Miami is on the CFP bubble for the second consecutive season. The Hurricanes are about to become the Maxwell Smart of the CFP. "Missed it by that Much." Miami finished 13th in the final 2025 CFP rankings. The cutoff for an at-large berth in 2025 was 10th.
ACC runner-up SMU earned the final at-large berth in 2024 as the 10th-ranked team nationally.