The Miami Hurricanes moved down in this week’s College Football Playoff rankings after losing to Notre Dame, as expected. But Miami is still in a good position to make the playoffs for the second year in a row.

The Hurricanes are No. 7 this week after losing on the road to the Fighting Irish.

“Miami didn’t look great early in the game — give some credit to Notre Dame’s defense — I think Miami found their way without Malachi Toney, came back and made that a very competitive game,” CFP selection committee chair Hunter Yurachek said on the ESPN broadcast. “So credit to them.”

Miami still has a clear path to the playoffs. If the Hurricanes do not lose more than one of their final three games, they will make the ACC title game (which will be the conference’s final title game due to playoff expansion). If UM wins the ACC title game, it receives an automatic berth into the playoffs.

If the Hurricanes do not win the conference, they would still be on the bubble with a shot of making the postseason as long as they do not lose a second regular-season game.

If the rankings were to stay the same, the Hurricanes would host BYU in the first round of the playoffs.

Miami does not have another team on its schedule that is currently ranked.

College Football Playoff rankings

1. Georgia

2. Utah

3. Alabama

4. UCLA

5. Notre Dame

6. Texas

7. Miami

8. Tennessee

9. Indiana

10. BYU

11. Kentucky

12. Texas Tech

13. Wake Forest

14. Houston

15. Iowa

16. Oregon

17. South Carolina

18. USC

19. Ole Miss

20. Ohio State

21. LSU

22. Missouri

23. Arizona

24. Boise State

25. Oklahoma State

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Source: Yahoo Sports