No. 13 Miami is looking to keep its College Football Playoff hopes alive in a must-win road trip to face an old Big East foe in Virginia Tech , which has its own reasons to celebrate even as it winds down a season that won't include a bowl game.

The Hokies are 3-7, but earlier this week introduced James Franklin as the program's next head coach. Virginia Tech fired Brent Pry in September, and while Saturday's game will be played by the 2025 Hokies under interim coach Philip Montgomery, it's impossible to ignore the buzz Franklin's hire brings to Blacksburg.

Miami, meanwhile, saw another rise in the College Football Playoff rankings after thrashing NC State . At 8-2, Mario Cristobal's group climbed to No. 13 in the selection committee's rankings heading into its final two games. B

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