Earlier this month, Pitt was ranked No. 24 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings, jumping up to No. 22 as the team rattled off five straight wins after turning to true freshman quarterback Mason Heintschel in favor of Eli Holstein.

Virginia, SMU, Pittsburgh, Miami or Duke could be playing for a spot in the College Football Playoff in two weeks with a victory in the ACC Championship Game. Okay, maybe not the five-loss Blue Devils, but there's still a chance the league's doomsday scenario commences and an unranked team wins the conference.

Pitt Football climbed to No. 22 in the College Football Playoff rankings after defeating Georgia Tech 42-28 last weekend.

It's a loaded slate of rivalry weekend action with CFP stakes as we enter the final week of the regular season.

No. 13 Miami's victory at Virginia Tech, SMU's 32-point blowout of Louisville and Duke's win at North Carolina further complicated the Hurricanes' shot at reaching conference championship, but there's still a tiny path. The four teams vying for two spots in the Dec. 6 ACC Championship in Charlotte are No. 19 Virginia, Miami, Pittsburgh and SMU.

A sleepy week filled with nonconference blowouts locked the College Football Playoff rankings into a virtual standstill, with Ohio State ranked first again and Oregon’s flip-flop with Mississippi at Nos.

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