Since starting the season 0-2 with last-second losses to major playoff contenders, Notre Dame has settled in as one of the most reliable teams in college football. The Irish sit at No. 9 in the College Football Playoff Rankings with only games against bottom feeders Syracuse and Stanford remaining.

The Hurricanes inched up again in this week’s College Football Playoff rankings as they look to clinch their first-ever trip to the playoff.

Here's a look at the new College Football Playoff rankings, which were revealed Tuesday, as Georgia and Alabama head in different directions.

The latest rankings are in, and the Miami Hurricanes have climbed two spots since last week. The Hurricanes are now ranked as the No. 13 team in the country, bu

The College Football Playoff picture within the ACC this season is a convoluted mess coming down the stretch, much of that due to 15th-ranked Miami's recent failures as one of the league's most-talented teams.

For the second consecutive week, UM is the highest-ranked team from the Atlantic Coast Conference. Because of that, Miami for the time being is slotted into the playoff field as the ACC champion — although that is far from a given with Miami (8-2, 4-2 ACC) technically on the outside looking in of the conference title game entering this week.

Texas faces long odds to make the playoff, but the latest college football bowl projections predict an interesting matchup for the Longhorns.