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Miami, Wake Forest, SMU could give ACC 2 teams College Football Playoff field

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Published 28 Oct 2026, 15:55 GMT1 min read

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The ACC is in the mix to do something it has done only once during the College Football Playoff era. The ACC has been represented in the CFP championship game five times, with Clemson winning the title to cap the 2016 and 2018 seasons. But only once has the conference been represented in the same year by multiple teams in the tournament field —- in 2024. Undefeated and AP No. 1 ranked Miami, along with No. 14 Wake Forest and No. 19 SMU are in position to change that.

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