Kirk Herbstreit Predicts Massive College Football Upset on Saturday

The College Football Playoff puzzle has slowly been formulating throughout the 2024 season. While there are a few teams that have clinched a spot in their conference title game, the 12-team playoff is far from set. 

A couple of programs like Georgia and SMU clinched a spot in their respective conference title games after Week 13. 

The winner of Texas-Texas A&M will play the Bulldogs in the SEC championship and the Mustangs are currently waiting for Clemson or Miami to make a move. 

No. 17 Clemson heads into Week 14 scheduled to play the No. 18 South Carolina Gamecocks. While that looks to be a difficult task for the Tigers, college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit believes Miami will be the one to lose this weekend. 

The Hurricanes are headed into Week 14 as 10.5-point favorites over the Syracuse Orange, per ESPN BET.  

Herbstreit spoke with ESPN announcer Chris Fowler on Instagram live and the two agreed that Miami is on upset alert. 

“They go to Syracuse, Miami could easily lose to Syracuse the way they’re playing right now,” Fowler said.

After Fowler mentioned that the Hurricanes could "easily lose," Herbstreit took it a step further, predicting Miami to lose outright against the Orange. 

"I think they will," Herbstreit said. "That’s SMU-Clemson."

He thinks the loss for Miami will shape up for an ACC title game between SMU and Clemson.