AUSTIN — Texas held onto a first-round bye under the latest College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday night but could possibly play Georgia in consecutive games and for a third time this season in the quarterfinals.

There is big movement in the final College Football Playoff ranking before the conference championships and Dan Wolken is here to break it down.

With conference title games on tap, the final field is starting to come into focus. And the committee shows it still favors the three-loss Crimson Tide in the final 12.

The reasons why SMU wouldn’t want to play Miami are obvious. The Hurricanes have the best offense in the nation, averaging 44.7 points per game, and they’re led by a Heisman candidate quarterback in Cam Ward, who ranks second in the nation in passing (3,774 yards). But in some ways, Miami could be a more favorable matchup for SMU.

With a 42-38 come-from-behind victory over No. 6 Miami, Syracuse knocked the Hurricanes out of the ACC Championship Game and ushered in No. 12 Clemson, which earlier on Saturday lost 17-14 to rival South Carolina to pick up its third defeat. It was Syracuse’s first win over a top-10 opponent since 2017.

A familiar college football broadcast team will be on the call for Saturday's ACC Championship Game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte when the Clemson Tigers take on the SMU Mustangs with a berth in the College Football Playoff at stake.