If the Miami Hurricanes are going to make the College Football Playoff, they’re gonna need the selection committee to change its mind by the time the final rankings are released on Sunday.

Tuesday’s rankings had Mario Cristobal’s team ranked 12th, the same spot the Hurricanes were in a week ago before they blew out then-Top-25-ranked Pittsburgh 38-7 in their regular-season finale.

Cristobal, school athletic director Dan Radakovich and politicians, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, have been campaigning for the Hurricanes to get into the 12-team field, citing Miami’s head-to-head win over Notre Dame, which slipped from ninth to 10th.

Maybe watching replays of the Miami-Notre Dame could help. The ACC Network is airing replays of Miami’s 27-24 victory back on Aug. 31 in the season opener 13 times this week, including nine times on Thursday and Friday alone.

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— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 3, 2025

“Eight of our 10 wins have been by 17 or more points, and over the last four games, Mario Cristobal’s squad has outscored the opposition 151-41,” Radakovich wrote in an open letter Tuesday afternoon. “The offense has been clicking on all cylinders and the defense has been at its ferocious best. In short, if you’re in the eye test business, the Canes have the look of a College Football Playoff team.”

Radakovich served four years on the selection committee, but it appears the Hurricanes don’t have any friends looking out for them. The only way Miami might get into the field is if a few results go its way this weekend in conference championship games. The Canes likely need third-ranked Georgia to crush ninth-ranked Alabama (10-2) in the SEC championship, and 11th-ranked BYU (11-1) to lose badly to fourth-ranked Texas Tech in the Big 12 championship.

Even then, it would still require the selection committee to drop both those teams from the spots they’re currently in – essentially penalizing Alabama and BYU for playing an extra game Miami and others teams ranked behind them will not play in.

The Hurricanes were not able to get into the ACC Championship Game despite being the highest-ranked team or finishing tied for second in league rankings. Duke (7-5) won a convoluted tiebreaker among the tied teams (league opponent combined winning percentage) and will play 17th-ranked Virginia (10-2) for the league crown Saturday in Charlotte.

The ACC could get left out of the field altogether if Duke upsets Virginia. There’s a chance two other league champions from the American Conference and Sun Belt Conference finish higher in the final rankings on Sunday.

Will the CFP committee follow or ignore its own stated selection criteria? pic.twitter.com/CAbaVPAKPY

— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) December 1, 2025

Hunter Yurachek, the CFP selection committee chair, did offer some hope for the Hurricanes potentially passing Notre Dame for the final spot in the field.

“Idle teams can move following the results of the championship games,” Yurachek said. “Following the championship games, we will re-rank the Top 25 teams, and we’ll see where they fall.”