The ACC will be represented in the College Football Playoff, just maybe not by the usual suspects.

The Miami sideline was loaded with talent this past weekend.

Miami has climbed to No. 5 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll, its highest ranking since 2017.

Mark Fletcher Jr. never considered not playing in Miami’s rivalry game against Florida State, for the simple reason that his father would have wanted him out there.

Cam Ward was dominant again, throwing for 346 yards and five touchdowns before getting subbed out early in the second half as No. 10 Miami piled up stats in a 62-0 win over Ball State on Saturday night.

Cam Ward threw for 385 yards and three touchdowns while looking cool, calm and collected on a sweltering day in the Swamp and No. 19 Miami dominated Florida 41-17 to give coach Mario Cristobal a signature victory to start his third season at his alma mater.

Miami coach Mario Cristobal and Florida counterpart Billy Napier will be in the spotlight — under interrogation lamps, really — as much as quarterbacks Cam Ward and Graham Mertz when the No. 19 Hurricanes play at the Swamp on Saturday.

Duke has hired Penn State defensive coordinator Manny Diaz as its head coach.

Miami coach Mario Cristobal reiterated Monday that he takes full responsibility for the Hurricanes not taking a knee in the final seconds of their loss to Georgia Tech. That came even as offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson revealed that he actually called the play in which the ball was fumbled away.

Haynes King threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Christian Leary with two seconds remaining after Miami turned the ball over with the game all but won, and Georgia Tech stunned the 17th-ranked Hurricanes 23-20 on Saturday night.

The final Red River Rivalry in the Big 12 before it moves to the Southeastern Conference felt like a chance for No. 3 Texas to lay claim to being the best team in the country.

Miami’s offense is rolling.

Texas is ready for the Southeastern Conference.

Three key takeaways from the state’s football scene this past weekend -- and a glimpse at what’s to come next week.

There’s some symmetry in that Don Shula’s perfect 1972 season with the Miami Dolphins featured what was famously called the “no-name defense.”.

The Atlantic Coast Conference gets a chance in September to bolster the perception of the league's strength with multiple matchups against other power conferences.

Mario Cristobal was a winner in his Miami opener.

Alabama is No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 for the second straight season.

The realignment in the major conferences could lead to fewer opportunities in the future for Group of Five teams to play those bigger schools.

The Atlantic Coast Conference has four new coaches for this season, all in the same division.

Miami is hiring Michigan offensive coordinator Josh Gattis to run new coach Mario Cristobal's offense with the Hurricanes.

Kennedy Brooks ran for 142 yards and three touchdowns as No. 14 Oklahoma rode a dominant first half to beat No. 15 Oregon 47-32 in the Alamo Bowl.

Former Miami coach Manny Diaz has been hired as defensive coordinator at Penn State less than a week after he was fired by the Hurricanes.

Miami welcomed new coach Mario Cristobal with an introductory news conference in Coral Gables, Florida.

Mario Cristobal is leaving Oregon and headed home to Miami.

Florida was added to the lengthy list of schools looking for a head football coach that already includes LSU and USC.

One of, if not, the main issues that plagued Dan Mullen’s tenure at Florida was recruiting. That aspect was just not at a high enough level for the direction the program was heading.

Who could the Gators consider? Here is a list of six names likely to be on the Gators’ shortlist and a couple of familiar names to throw out as wild card picks.

25 Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl. All extracurricular activities tied to the Fiesta Bowl were shelved, the sightseeing tours among them. “Our players, to have the opportunity to do the things that would typically be involved in the Fiesta Bowl would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Iowa State offensive coordinator Tom Manning said. You would like to have the full experience of the Fiesta Bowl, but it’s the way that it’s gone this year.”The Fiesta Bowl is the culmination of what coach Matt Campbell has built during five seasons in Ames. We’ve had some great games in the past.”HALL'S IMPACT: Oregon's top priority defensive will be trying to slow Hall.

USC reached the Oregon 49, but the Ducks' pass rush prevented Slovis from getting off a Hail Mary. Brown’s first throw for the Ducks was a TD pass to Redd on Oregon’s opening drive. USC earned its spot in the title game by going unbeaten with three late comeback victories along the way. Shough hit Johnson with a 16-yard TD pass in the second quarter before Stepp’s 1-yard TD run capped USC’s 80-yard drive in response. Brown hit Dye with a short TD pass to finish a drive that consumed half of the third quarter.