Paul Finebaum called the defeat a “disastrous loss,” comparing it to last year’s late-season slump. ESPN’s Playoff Predictor now gives the Hurricanes just a 14% chance to reach the CFP. Paul Finebaum says things are looking all too familiar after Miami's playoff hopes took a major hit over the weekend.

Despite a hot start to the season, Miami is having November collapse after loss to SMU that has its College Football Playoff hopes in doubt.

The first week of November sent a shakeup through the latter half of the College Football Playoff conversation.

As recently as three weeks ago, the Miami Hurricanes appeared to be a shoo-in for the 12-team College Football Playoff. They were off to a 5-0 start, had three wins over ranked teams at the time of the matchup and looked like one of college football’s more complete teams in a season filled with parity.

Week 10 was brutal to several teams, and ESPN personality Paul Finebaum sees the week as knocking a top program out of College Football Playoff contention. Whil

The College Football Playoff situations in the SEC and ACC headline the overreactions from Week 10 of the season.

Notre Dame, winner of six straight, was last in the AP top 10 in Week 3 before a home loss to Texas A&M dropped them to 0-2.

Self-inflicted mistakes proved costly for the Hurricanes, whose path to the 12-team College Football Playoff is in extreme jeopardy.