Coming out of the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings, Alabama found itself in the field while Miami found itself out. And at least one ESPN analyst is heated over that fact. Stephen A. Smith made the case on ESPN’s First Take on Wednesday morning that Miami is more deserving of a playoff spot than Alabama.

The College Football Playoff committee once again ranked Alabama ahead of an ACC team with a superior record. A year after controversially making the four-team postseason over undefeated Florida State,

On ESPN's "Get Up" Wednesday morning, Paul Finebaum explained why thought Miami deserved to fall out of the CFP. Finebaum blamed Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal for his late-game decision-making in the loss to Syracuse on Saturday.