Skip to main content
Join

Jim Phillips puts College Football Playoff committee on blast for dropping Miami below Alabama

Matt Connollyby:Matt Connolly•12/07/24•

MattConnollyOn3

Jim Phillips
Photo credit: Nell Redmond/theACC.com

Miami was a win away from clinching not only a spot in the ACC Championship Game but also likely a spot in the College Football Playoff. Instead, the Hurricanes were upset by Syracuse last weekend to fall to 10-2 on the year.

The loss dropped Miami from the No. 6 team in the College Football Playoff rankings all the way to No. 12. It also eliminated the Hurricanes from CFP contention as Alabama moved up to No. 11 from No. 13.

CLICK HERE to go to PrizePicks and use code ON3 to receive a guaranteed $50 once you play $5 in lineups!

ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips joined ESPN College GameDay Saturday morning and expressed his outrage with the CFP committee.

“I was stunned to see Miami, who went into the last weekend sixth-ranked team in the country, go to a top-25 team at Syracuse and lose by 4 and fall six spots, when an Alabama team went and played Auburn, a 2-6 team, and jumped up two spots – an eight-spot swing in one weekend was unbelievable, I think, to the ACC,” Jim Phillips said.

Save $30 on your first month of Fubo by CLICKING HERE NOW!

For a limited time, you can get your first month of Fubo for as low as $49.99. Stream ESPN, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and 200+ top channels of live TV and sports without cable. (Participating plans only. Taxes and fees may apply.)

Miami slipped in the rankings after dropping two of its final three games in the regular season, losing at Georgia Tech and at Syracuse. The Hurricanes don’t have a ranked win on their resume, but they also don’t have a bad loss.

“Miami has two losses all year. A loss at Georgia Tech, who’s 7-3 with Haynes King as quarterback. And we all saw how good Georgia Tech was on that Friday after Thanksgiving [against Georgia],” Jim Phillips said. “And to a 9-3 Syracuse team who’s top-25 in the country. The committee has said on multiple times, ‘We really are about watching winning teams. We value winning.’ And that’s what our teams have done.”

Jim Phillips went on to point out how the ACC has fared against other conferences. Ultimately, Phillips made it clear that he believes Miami and the ACC were disrespected.

“We’ve had a winning record against the Big Ten. We’ve had a winning record against the Big 12. We’ve won more games against the SEC than any other conference. We have fulfilled that,” Phillips said. “And for Miami to be leapfrogged in the last weekend, eight spots, when on the same weekend you had Michigan play Ohio State, Ohio State was a huge favorite in the game. They lost the game to a 6-5 Michigan team and fell four spots. It doesn’t make sense.”