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Why James Madison's College Football Playoff Ranking Could Be Trouble for ACC
James Madison's ranking as a top 25 team threatens to exclude a low-resume ACC champion like Duke from the 12-team College Football Playoff field.
- The CFP selection committee placed James Madison at No. 25 on Tuesday, and a Sun Belt victory Friday would all but assure the Dukes a playoff spot.
- The CFP's 12-team format awards automatic bids to the five highest-ranked conference champions, and the format does not implicitly guarantee spots to the Power Four conferences.
- With the ACC title on Saturday, Duke Blue Devils reached the game after a 7-5 season with five losses and enter as 3.5-point underdogs, risking the ACC's playoff spot via tiebreakers.
- A Duke win would risk the Atlantic Coast Conference missing the College Football Playoff, as Virginia would likely earn one of the five automatic bids with a win over Duke Saturday.
- Historically, the ACC could have missed CFPs under this format, as the CFP provision allows Group of Six conferences to claim all five bids, and observers note tiebreaker rules increase sensitivity.
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