After rising three spots in last week's College Football Playoff Rankings, Miami has surged again with a two-spot move to No. 13 on Tuesday night , pushing closer to the "last team in" designation as an at-large selection. The playoff picture within the ACC is messy with two weeks left in the regular season, and for the Hurricanes to be in the hunt for an auto-bid, they're going to have to win out -- and get help -- the rest of the way.

The Hurricanes (7-2) are the selection committee's favorite in the ACC for the second straight week, but probabilities suggest it'll be Georgia Tech and Virginia playing in Charlotte for a conference title -- not Miami -- the first weekend of December.

Under playoff protocol, five highest-ranked conference champions receive auto-bids in the 12

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