There are three games this weekend between teams that are in the inaugural 2025 College Football Playoff rankings. Miami is 18th in the CFP rankings. Miami is one of 16 games remaining this season between teams that are currently in the CFP rankings.
The only hope for Miami to earn a CFP berth is to win out and hope multiple teams lose ahead of them. Miami plays at 24th-ranked Pittsburgh in the final regular-season game on November 29. Syracuse and North Carolina State are at Miami in the final two home games of the season on Saturday and November 15.