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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/HighLakes on 2024-10-07 20:53:58+00:00.
I want to preface this by acknowledging that this is not Miami’s fault. They scheduled road games against South Florida and Florida, and they especially deserve credit for traveling to play a relatively dangerous G5 team which many P4s won’t do. And they did not make the conference schedule, nor are they responsible for FSU’s tragic death.
- @ Florida
- Florida A&M
- Ball State
- @ USF
- VT
- @ Cal
- @ Louisville
- FSU
- Duke
- @ GT
- Wake
- Syracuse
GT, Louisville, Syracuse, and Duke are each solid, but currently unranked with tougher schedules remaining (including, obviously, a game against Miami). GT and Louisville also already have two losses. Looking at their schedules its easy to see all of them finishing 8-4 and unranked, with Duke having the clearest path to 9-3.
Assuming Miami wins out, this won’t matter at all for the playoffs beyond seeding 1-4 (which I’m sure won’t go unnoticed by schedule-makers everywhere).
What it might impact is Ward’s Heisman campaign, denying him a chance for a signature performance in a marquee matchup until the conference title game. This could at least partially neutralize the advantage P4 players usually have over G5 players, especially Jeanty and BSU which will have likely played at least two teams that finish the regular season ranked.