ACC could lose $116 million in CFP payout, if Duke upsets Virginia in title game

Key Highlights

• 17 Virginia beating Duke in Saturday’s ACC championship game.
• A Cavaliers victory would position Virginia as the fourth-highest-ranked conference champion, triggering an automatic $8 million payout to the league. However, a Duke win would shift that bonus to the American Athletic Conference, with No.
• 20 Tulane likely to claim the final guaranteed spot after a championship win over North Texas. No.
• 12 Miami remains the ACC’s only remote at-large possibility, though its path appears slim ahead of Sunday’s final CFP rankings.
• It's highly unlikely the Canes will sneak in without a few setbacks for other teams. A total shutout would mark an unprecedented outcome for the expanded format, which was designed with the expectation that all Power 4 leagues would earn at least one Playoff berth annually.