The ACC isn’t just on the playoff bubble this year — it’s staring at the very real possibility of being completely shut out of the College Football Playoff. Last season, the league sent SMU and Clemson into the 12-team bracket. This year? They might be left outside, banging on the window while two Group of 5 champions stroll in instead.

With SMU’s loss to Cal, the ACC title game is set: 7–5 Duke vs. No. 17 Virginia. Great for chaos, terrible for playoff leverage. If Duke wins, the ACC champion will be a five-loss team, and suddenly the committee has every excuse to hand those final spots to shiny Group of 5 champs instead of the conference that once bragged about “football being just fine, thanks.”

So the league is going full infomercial.

Miami, ranked No. 12, is the ACC’s best actual shot at sneaking into the CFP. The problem? The Hurricanes are somehow sitting behind No. 10 Notre Dame in the rankings… despite beating Notre Dame head-to-head in Week 1. Both are 10–2, but the Irish hold the edge in the committee room, which has been a running joke — and a running sore spot — all season.

The ACC’s response: pure, beautiful pettiness.

In what feels like a coordinated subtweet in broadcast form, ACC Network is replaying Miami’s win over Notre Dame 12 times this week. Not once, not twice — twelve. Multiple times per day, plus another airing on Saturday, just to make sure the committee can’t claim they “forgot” who won that game.

And they’re not stopping there. Miami’s win over Florida is also getting the rerun treatment. That’s not subtle at all, and it’s probably not meant to be. Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal already clapped back at Texas coach Steve Sarkisian this week by pointing out that Miami beat Florida… while Texas lost to the same unranked Gators. The rankings currently have Miami at No. 12 and Texas at No. 13, but the ACC is clearly determined to staple those receipts to the committee’s forehead.

Is it going to work? Who knows. But at least the ACC is embracing the bit.

On Sunday, when the 12-team bracket is revealed, we’ll find out if nonstop reruns and passive-aggressive programming can move the needle — or if the ACC just spent a week turning ACC Network into The Miami Channel for nothing.