Miami-Notre Dame Controversy Gets Surprise Prediction From Kirk Herbstreit

The College Football Playoff selection committee has a brewing controversy on its hands between No. 9 Notre Dame and No. 13 Miami .

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The Irish lost their head-to-head matchup 27-24 on the road against the Hurricanes in Week 1 but have won eight games in a row (including wins against two top 25 teams) after starting the campaign 0-2. Miami has the same overall record (8-2) as ND before week 13, but has lost two games to unranked ACC opponents.

Miami is behind four ACC teams in the standings with only one conference loss: No. 16 Georgia Tech, No. 19 Virginia, Pittsburgh and SMU (who beat the Hurricanes 26-20 in overtime on Nov. 1).

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