ACC more than survived, it thrived. Miami in the College Football Playoff final is proof‎

The Power 4 conference that didn't get its champion into the College Football Playoff has a team that tied for second playing in the CFP's national title game. The league that looked most vulnerable a few short years ago when the latest round of realignment shook up college sports is doing just fine. The best proof comes out of Miami, a second-place finisher in the ACC that plays Indiana in the title game Monday.