Another hot start, another mid-season meltdown, and another set of rankings that sting like a cold slap from the CFP Committee. After an overtime heartbreaker to SMU, Miami’s playoff picture took another hit. Mario Cristobal ’s Hurricanes (6–2) fell 26-20 in Dallas, their first road game outside Florida, and their second straight loss to an unranked team in three weeks. This time, the drop was harsher than anyone expected.

QB Carson Beck ’s costly red-zone interception in OT was the gut punch that sealed their fate. SMU’s KJ Jennings and T.J. Harden capitalized, orchestrating a drive that sent Miami tumbling down the polls. A huge drop from a top-10 contender to the 18th-ranked “what happened” story of November.

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