SMU’s slim chance of making the 12-team field as a second ACC team pretty much evaporated when the previously undefeated Hurricanes lost to unranked Georgia Tech, dropping Miami from fourth to ninth in the committee’s second round of rankings.

The SMU Mustangs learned their latest College Football Playoff ranking Tuesday night when the committee revealed the updated standings after a wild Week 12. SMU now sits at No. 14, dropping back a spot after its bye week,

Athlon Sports’ Kyle Wood identifies three schools whose statuses are precipitously inflated in the Nov. 12 rankings.