The Hurricanes are coming off the bye week and still maintain their position atop of the 12 team playoff race.

The Hurricanes still have the inside track to make it to the ACC Championship Game, which is their only realistic way to make the College Football Playoff.

The Hurricanes did not need to play last week in order to move up in this week’s College Football Playoff rankings. After moving up one spot in the AP poll and two spots in other polls over the weekend, Miami moved up from No. 9 to No. 8 in this week’s rankings after BYU and Tennessee tumbled in the rankings after losing last week.

The Clemson Tigers are coming off a much-needed win against the Pittsburgh Panthers to keep their playoff hopes alive.  With the win, the Tigers finished with a

Despite concluding conference play strongly, Clemson football is projected to play in a non-CFP bowl game for the fourth consecutive season. The No. 16 Tigers (8-2, 7-1 ACC), who were No. 20 in the CFP rankings a week ago,