The CFP selection committee put Miami at No. 18, matching the Hurricanes' post-SMU AP standing and leaving UM outside the 12-team CFP cutoff for now. The bracket currently runs through a top-12 that's heavy on SEC and Big Ten brands, with Memphis identified as the highest-ranked G5 (not in the Top 25) and thus the provisional playoff representative under the auto-bid rules.
It's a tough pill to swallow for Miami fans and the reality is that a Week 1 win got lost in all the other final results that followed. Miami defeated Notre Dame in the opening week of their season and the Fighting Irish landed No.