After a 42-28 loss to Pittsburgh at Bobby Dodd Stadium on Saturday, Georgia Tech took a big drop in the latest College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday.
The Yellow Jackets (9-2) fell from No. 16 to No. 23 after their second loss in three games. They lost at North Carolina State 48-36 on Nov. 1 and won 36-34 at Boston College on Nov. 15 before the loss to the Panthers.
Tech faces No. 4 Georgia (10-1) at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The Jackets are one of five ACC teams ranked in the third edition of this season’s rankings: Miami (9-2) is No. 12, Virginia (9-2) is No. 18, Southern Methodist is No. 21 (8-3) and Pitt (8-3) is No. 22.
Miami is the only current ACC team projected to make the 12-team field.
Tech still has a mathematical chance of making the ACC championship game Dec. 6, but their CFP hopes are likely finished.
The fourth CFP rankings are scheduled to be released Dec. 2 and the final rankings to determine the CFP’s 12-team field are scheduled to be released Dec. 7.
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