Carson Beck ‘Not Worried’ About Hurricanes College Football Playoff Rankings

The Miami Hurricanes secured a much-needed victory over the Syracuse Orange last Saturday, with a final score of 38-10. Afterwards, they jumped from 18th to 15th in the College Football Playoff rankings with the projection of finishing in the bracket. However, the margin of error remains extremely thin as the season reaches the final stretch.

The Hurricanes will play their final home game on Saturday against the North Carolina State Wolfpack, another unranked ACC opponent. The visitors currently sit with a 5-4 record, losing in four of their last five games.

It's an opportunity for Mario Cristobal and the team to establish their dominance and solidify themselves as contenders.

However, it will not come easy.

If anything was taught in both of the Hurricanes' losses against the Louisville Cardinals and SMU Mustangs, it's never to underestimate your opponent. Both defeats came from their own hands, with an interception by quarterback Carson Beck.

The redshirt senior began the season as a legitimate Heisman Trophy candidate, but would hurt his case due to self-inflicting wounds. Regardless, the main focus now is to win out the season.

Beck recently commented on the Hurricanes' position in the College Football Playoff rankings:

College Football Playoff (@CFBPlayoff) on X November 1️⃣1️⃣ College Football Playoff Selection Committee Rankings 1️⃣5️⃣. Miami (FL) // @CanesFootball #CFBPlayoff 🏈🏆

"Where we get ranked is somewhat in our control, somewhat out of our control, but not our worries," he said. "We move on throughout the week in these last three games."

At this point in the season, the pressure only rises for the Hurricanes, but especially Cristobal and Beck.

Both of them have been the vocal point for the team and started the season on a hot note, with notable victories against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and South Florida Bulls, both ranked. They had other exciting ones, such as against the Florida Gators and Florida State Seminoles.

Heading into this week's matchup against the Wolfpack, Beck described the team as "rolling" and "hot."

"They've knocked off some pretty good teams," he said. "Their defense flies around the ball. They got a lot of guys upfront in that front seven that fly around, they swarm the ball. They're going to mix up different coverages; every team does. They try to confuse the quarterback with different pressures and things to that sort. Obviously, the third-down plan, they're going to challenge you, try to get up in your face. Maybe, man you up a little bit, switch it up in zone. Obviously, we don't know until game time exactly what they're going to try to do for us. I think we have a good plan going into the week. It'll be more about us than the opposing side of the ball."

It's a massive test for the Hurricanes, but time will shortly tell how the team responds to the pressure.

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