0; same rationale as last week ("no bias I promise but I feel these guys are massive frauds but they kinda have to be 1 right now)

Power: 3, SoR: 1; LW: 1

0.961, +0, Pow: 8, Off: 1, Def: 33, SOR: 2

Change: -

Undefeated P4

1. Miami — Score: 0.271 | Results: 1.593, SOS Rank: #53, Quality: 0.164, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 1, T50W: 4, Off Rk: #1, Def Rk: #46

Best 3 Wins: Wake Forest, Clemson, North Carolina.
0 Losses
UNC is better than you think. Miami is the best team in the country somehow. Miami ND is gonna be great

8-0. Unbeaten after winning 38-35 at North Carolina, with prior wins over Wake Forest and Clemson.

Let's start with our 3 undefeated teams this year. Miami beat Wake Forest, UCLA beat Oregon and Wisconsin, Utah beat Houston and Cincinnati. I am going to lean towards the team that has been the MOST tested in a singular game so far this year and that would be Miami against Wake. Last Week: #1

Between them and Utah, the Canes have a tougher schedule, giving them the edge for the 1 seed.

91.236

THEY CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT

LW: #1 Best resume so far, 8-0 with only 2 wins by less than double digits and only one FCS opponent weighing down their average

GippyRank Quality of Results expected rank: 6.4. Central 80% interval: 1–13. Top-25 probability: 98.8%.

Undefeated. Nice wins over Wake Forest (7-1), Pitt (6-3), Clemson, (5-3), UNC (4-4)

33.9%

LW: 3 | Tier 1 | W North Carolina

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[8-0, 6-0 ACC] (-1) | SOR: #1 | Notable Results: W 33-20 @ #10 Wake Forest [7-1], W 43-35 (2OT) vs Florida State [3-5], W 52-23 vs Pittsburgh [6-3], W 38-35 @ North Carolina [4-4] |

Survive and escape with the win seems to be somewhat of a common theme of Miami over the past few weeks, utter destruction of a weakened Pitt team without their original QB aside. They made the trek up to North Carolina, and ol' Bill on Chapel Hill remembered that he doesn't particularly like teams from Miami all that much and set out to cause a shocking upset. It wasn't quite to be thanks to some untimely penalties and the Miami offense once again proving itself as one of the best in the nation, but that defense lacks the edge that they had last year. Don't be surprised if Miami finds itself in several more shootouts before the year is done.

For what it's worth, the Hurricanes are still favorites for both the #1 seed in the CFP and the ACC Championship (now tell me if you've heard this before...). However, their recent stretch of nailbiters has me worried about their defense costing them another shot at the title, like it did in 2024. For now, they sit at #2, with the best SOR in the nation.

(-1)

1914.4 -> 1881.6 [-32.8] (#1 -> #3)

+10.5762421 (LW: #3)

98.22 | -

Miami only has 1 quality win, over Wake Forest.

Bucket B ↓

Down 1 - another scrappy win

Undefeated

Tough win in Chapel Hill. I do think UNC is the best 4-4 team I can think of at the moment. Miami's inability to separate themselves in 2 of the last 3 games and dominate teams that they are much better than talent-wise does have me wondering if they will get got eventually. Next game is against ND and that one is in Notre Dame Stadium. That one should be interesting. If Miami beats them, there's no one else on the schedule that should challenge them but we'll see.

0.714

weak ass #1

135-0-2

Best undefeated team, though concerns are growing after FSU/UNC

.960

Still undefeated so gotta respect it

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Undefeated, talented, bad schedule aside nobody has a better resume than them.

T1ˢᵗ W/L, T1ˢᵗ Predicted Wins, 3ʳᵈ Team Strength, 2ⁿᵈ Quality of Wins

(-) almost lost to Unc Status but whatever

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25/25

E - still undefeated

Miami remains undefeated by winning another highly competitive game.

Still the best and undefeated despite close games every week.

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Tier 1.

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Had a scare against both FSU (need I say more) and UNC (solid team), but has played admirably otherwise. Has a win against a solid Wake Forest squad.

Comp's Top Team

8-0; blend +1.73; resume #2, power #9, SOR #1