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Miami Hurricanes

ACCMiami Gardens, FLHard Rock Stadium

2026: 6–⁠0 (4–⁠0 ACC), No. 1 in the AP poll. Last: beat Florida State 43–⁠35 at home. Next: Pittsburgh, Saturday, Oct 24, noon ET.

  1. W 45–⁠6at Stanford
  2. W 77–⁠7Florida A&M
  3. W 33–⁠20at Wake Forest
  4. W 52–⁠3Central Michigan
  5. W 41–⁠13at Clemson
  6. W 43–⁠35Florida State
  7. Oct 24Pittsburgh
  8. Oct 31at North Carolina
  9. Nov 7at Notre Dame
  10. Nov 14Duke
  11. Nov 21Virginia Tech
  12. Nov 28Boston College
  • T-No. 5 in AP national titles
  • Outfitted by Adidas

Miami in the news

Miami has played football since 1926 and is 644–⁠365–⁠12 in the 1,021 games on record here, which start in 1927. Miami claims five national championships (1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001). The Hurricanes have finished No. 1 in the final AP poll five times, most recently in 2001. They have won nine Big East Conference titles (the last in 2003), counting shared titles. The Heisman Trophy has been won here twice, most recently by Gino Torretta in 1992. Since 1938, the NFL Draft has taken 278 players from here in its first seven rounds, 69 of them in the first round. The AFL draft also took two players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 11 players and 5 coaches from Miami. Andy Gustafson (1948–⁠1963) won more games here than any other coach: 93. The most-played rival is Florida State: 71 meetings, Miami leads 38–⁠33. This season, under Mario Cristobal, they’re 6–⁠0.

Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens
Hard Rock StadiumPhoto: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

From the numbers

  • Miami is the only FBS team that has scored 30 or more in every game this season.
  • Miami is one of six FBS teams that are unbeaten this season, with BYU, James Madison, Texas Tech, UCLA and Utah.

Computed from every game through Oct 17 and the score after every scoring play; a note appears only when few teams share it. All the numbers.

On this date in 1985Miami beat No. 3 Oklahoma 27–⁠14 on the road.

Résumé

All-time record
687–⁠394–⁠19 official; 644–⁠365–⁠12 on file; how we count
Postseason
22–⁠26 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
5
Weeks at No. 1
59 of 516 ranked
Elo now
1768 3rd of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 4 · Composite No. 4 in FBS, Oct 17; up 3 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
2001 rated 1871
Conference titles
9 last in 2003
Bowl record
21–⁠24 official, bowls only
Seasons
96 since 1927, 1,021 games

Identity

Fight song
Miami U How-Dee-Do
Student section
Category 5
Band
Band of the Hour since 1933, 179 members

2026 season 6–⁠0

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atStanfordW 45–⁠673%
Sep 10vsFlorida A&MW 77–⁠794%
Sep 18atWake ForestW 33–⁠2065%
Sep 26vsCentral MichiganW 52–⁠387%
Oct 3atClemsonW 41–⁠1362%
Oct 17vsFlorida StateW 43–⁠3586%
Oct 24vsPittsburghPreview82%
Oct 31atNorth CarolinaPreview75%
Nov 7atNotre DamePreview44%
Nov 14vsDukePreview78%
Nov 21vsVirginia TechPreview85%
Nov 28vsBoston CollegePreview90%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Miami’s Elo through 2026: 1689 going into the opener, 1768 after the latest game; AP rank from No. 7 to unranked.16751700172517501775Elo 1689 going in; beat Stanford 45–6; AP No. 7Elo 1708 going in; beat Florida A&M 77–7; AP No. 7Elo 1711 going in; beat Wake Forest 33–20; AP No. 5Elo 1729 going in; beat Central Michigan 52–3; AP No. 6Elo 1738 going in; beat Clemson 41–13; AP No. 4Elo 1763 going in; beat Florida State 43–35; AP No. 3Now: Elo 1768 after the latest game1768
775643·
StanfordFlorida A&MWake ForestCentral MichiganClemsonFlorida StateNow
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses. Numbers under the line: the AP rank going into each game, and in the newest poll (a dot: unranked).

Future schedule

2027–⁠37
20272 games: 1 home, 1 neutral, non-conference only
20282 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20292 games: 2 home, non-conference only
20301 game: 1 away, non-conference only
20311 game: 1 away, non-conference only
20321 game: 1 home, non-conference only
20341 game: 1 home, non-conference only
20371 game: 1 away, non-conference only

Miami’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of October 6, 2025). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Players

The 2026 rosterRecord bookAll-time letterwinnersThe money

On the 2026 team

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Miami.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Apparel
Adidas · Official source
Mascot
Sebastian the Ibis · Official source
Student section
Category 5 · Single source
Offensive coordinator
Shannon Dawson · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Corey Hetherman · Official source
NIL collective
Canes Connection · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Adidas, 2015 through June 2027. 12 years, reported above $90M.

Next: Nike, from July 2027 (agreed). 10 years, reported above $200M. Adidas made a counteroffer but did not match Nike.

Before: Nike, 1987 through 2015.

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1927

Best seasons ever
Miami end-of-season Elo from 1927 to 2026, best in 2001 at 1871.1300150017001900194019601980200020202001 peak: Elo 1871
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team. Filled dots: finished No. 1 in the AP poll.

On Bluesky

  • Bill Radjewski

    Who's been the most efficient QB through Week 7? 📊 The top 3 in opponent-adjusted EPA per Dropback: 🥇 Jayden Maiava (USC) — 0.43 🥈 Darian Mensah (Miami) — 0.42 🥉 Josh Hoover (Indiana) — 0.40 Who's standing out to you?

    Read on Bluesky

  • Chris Vannini

    News: Florida State RB Ousmane Kromah is out for the season. Suffered a nasty leg injury at Miami. He had surgery and returned to Tallahassee this afternoon.

    Read on Bluesky

  • Jason Kirk

    The "Pitt Superweapon Upsets Machine" meme had been building for a while, but in 2017, "5-7 Pitt 24, #2 Miami 14" in 2017 was when it became locked in. Everyone just knew Pitt was gonna win for no reason

    Read on Bluesky

  • Austin Mock

    I think they swallowed their whistle a bit in that final play. But does Notre Dame HAVE to beat Miami to make the College Football Playoff? Notre Dame’s CFP odds drop to 85%

    Read on Bluesky

  • Matt Fortuna

    Miami survives FSU 43-35 in double OT. Duce Robinson nearly hauled in a second Hail Mary, this time on fourth-and-31, but Miami's INT is upheld upon review.

    Read on Bluesky

From reporters and writers who cover college football, linked to their posts on Bluesky.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Podcasts

Found through Podcast Index, the open podcast directory. Each link opens the episode’s page.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Mario Cristobal2022–⁠202641–⁠19
Manny Diaz2019–⁠202121–⁠15
Mark Richt2016–⁠201826–⁠13
Larry Scott20154–⁠2
Al Golden2011–⁠201532–⁠25
Jeff Stoutland20100–⁠1
Randy Shannon2007–⁠201028–⁠22
Larry Coker2001–⁠200660–⁠15
Butch Davis1995–⁠200051–⁠20
Dennis Erickson1989–⁠199463–⁠9
Jimmy Johnson1984–⁠198852–⁠9
Howard Schnellenberger1979–⁠198341–⁠16
Lou Saban1977–⁠19789–⁠13
Carl Selmer1975–⁠19765–⁠16
Pete Elliott1973–⁠197411–⁠11
Fran Curci1971–⁠19729–⁠13
Walter Kichefski19702–⁠7
Charlie Tate1964–⁠197034–⁠27–⁠3
Andy Gustafson1948–⁠196393–⁠65–⁠3
Jack Harding1937–⁠194754–⁠32–⁠3
Eddie Dunn19441–⁠7–⁠1
Irl Tubbs19366–⁠2–⁠2

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesMIA record
Florida State7138–⁠33
Florida5831–⁠27
Pittsburgh4330–⁠12–⁠1
Virginia Tech4227–⁠15
Boston College3125–⁠6
Georgia Tech2914–⁠15
Notre Dame289–⁠17–⁠1 †
North Carolina2711–⁠14 †

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: Florida, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Louisville, Nebraska.

The trophy it holds: Seminole War Canoe (Florida). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (140)

Every program Miami has played, A to Z, with Miami’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

9, counting shared titles
Big East Conference 9
1991, 1992, 1994, 1995 (shared), 1996 (shared), 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 (shared)
ACC Coastal 1
2017

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1927–⁠1928 and 1942–⁠1990
  2. Big East 1991–⁠2003
  3. ACC since 2004
  • 1991Joined the Big East from independence. Source
  • 2004Joined the ACC from the Big East. Source

Miami’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
2025Rueben Bain Jr. DEHendricks
2024Cam Ward QBDavey O’Brien, Manning
2020José Borregales KGroza
2017Mark Richt coachWalter Camp Coach
2003Kellen Winslow II TEMackey
2002Brett Romberg CRimington
2001Ken Dorsey QBMaxwell
2001Bryant McKinnie OTOutland
2001Joaquin Gonzalez OTCampbell Trophy
2001Larry Coker coachBear Bryant Award
2001Randy Shannon coachBroyles Award
2000Dan Morgan LBNagurski, Bednarik, Butkus
1994Warren Sapp DTLombardi, Nagurski
1992Gino Torretta QBHeisman, Maxwell, Walter Camp, Davey O’Brien, Unitas Golden Arm
1990Russell Maryland DTOutland
1990Craig Erickson QBUnitas Golden Arm
1987Bennie Blades SThorpe
1986Vinny Testaverde QBHeisman, Maxwell, Walter Camp, Davey O’Brien
1986Jimmy Johnson coachWalter Camp Coach
1983Howard Schnellenberger coachEddie Robinson

Consensus All-Americans 39

2025Francis Mauigoa OL
2025Rueben Bain Jr. DL
2024Xavier Restrepo WR
2020José Borregales K
2004Antrel Rolle DB
2003Kellen Winslow Jr. TE
2003Sean Taylor S
2002Brett Romberg OL
2002Willis McGahee RB
2001Bryant McKinnie OT
2001Ed Reed S
2000Dan Morgan LB
2000Ed Reed S
2000Santana Moss APB
1994Warren Sapp DT
1992Gino Torretta QB
1992Micheal Barrow LB
1992Ryan McNeil DB
1991Carlos Huerta K
1991Darryl Williams DB
1990Maurice Crum LB
1990Russell Maryland DT
1989Greg Mark DE
1988Bill Hawkins DE
1988Steve Walsh QB
1987Bennie Blades S
1987Danny Stubbs DL
1986Bennie Blades S
1986Jerome Brown DT
1986Vinny Testaverde QB
1985Willie Smith TE
1984Eddie Brown WR
1981Fred Marion DB
1974Rubin Carter MG
1973Tony Cristiani MG
1968Ted Hendricks LB
1967Ted Hendricks LB
1966Tom Beier DB
1961Bill Miller E

Led the nation 7

2025Malachi Toney receptions (109 catches)
2024Cam Ward passing touchdowns (39 TD)
2002Willis McGahee rushing touchdowns (28 TD)
1996Tremain Mack kickoff return average (39.5)
1988Scott Mitchell passing touchdowns (29 TD)
1986Vinny Testaverde passing touchdowns (26 TD), passer rating (165.8)
1963George Mira total offense (2,318 yds), total offense per game (231.8)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

Heisman runners-up and finalists

The votes
2024Cam Ward QB4th
2002Willis McGahee RB4th
2002Ken Dorsey QB5th
2001Ken Dorsey QB3rd
1988Steve Walsh QB4th
1985Vinny Testaverde QB5th
1984Bernie Kosar QB4th
1968Ted Hendricks DE5th
1962George Mira QB5th

Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
11
Coaches
5
2025Darrin Smith LB
2023Bryant McKinnie OT
2023Mark Richt coach here, 2016–⁠2018
2021Dan Morgan LB
2019Dennis Erickson coach here, 1989–⁠1994
2018Ed Reed S
2013Vinny Testaverde QB
2012Jimmy Johnson coach here, 1984–⁠1988
2011Russell Maryland DT
2009Gino Torretta QB
2008Arnold Tucker QB
2006Bennie Blades S
1990Don Bosseler FB
1987Ted Hendricks LB
1985Andy Gustafson coach here, 1948–⁠1963
1980Jack Harding coach here, 1937–⁠1947

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
278 since 1938
First-round picks
69
AFL picks
2 1962, 1964
2026Francis Mauigoa OTNo. 10, New York Giants
2026Rueben Bain Jr. DENo. 15, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2026Akheem Mesidor DENo. 22, Los Angeles Chargers
2025Cam Ward QBNo. 1, Tennessee Titans
2021Jaelan Phillips DENo. 18, Miami Dolphins
2021Gregory Rousseau DENo. 30, Buffalo Bills
2017David Njoku TENo. 29, Cleveland Browns
2016Artie Burns CBNo. 25, Pittsburgh Steelers

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

University of Miami
Enrollment
19,852 13,250 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Coral Gables, Florida
Public or private
Private nonprofit; Research 1
Founded
1925
Graduates’ median earnings
$75,328 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @CanesFootballInstagram @canesfootballFacebook CanesFootball
Athletics department
YouTube user/CanesAllAccess

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones miamihurricanes.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

Old photographs

  • Charley Surratt, University of Miami football player
    Charley Surratt, University of Miami football playerPhoto: University of Miami Libraries, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America

From libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives and credited to it. The records don’t give these a season.

On the newsreel

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Films and books

On film

  • The U2009, ESPN 30 for 30, directed by Billy Corben
  • The U Part 22014, ESPN 30 for 30, directed by Billy Corben
  • Catholics vs. Convicts2016, ESPN 30 for 30, on the 1988 team, directed by Patrick Creadon

In books

And 6 more

Films: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia’s lists and categories (CC BY-SA), about the program, its seasons, games and rivalries. Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

Season by season

National champions

Shaded: national title seasons, No. 1 in the final AP poll or claimed by Miami (5 claimed).

SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20266–⁠04–⁠07Mario Cristobal176827.8
202513–⁠36–⁠2102Mario Cristobal178320.7
202410–⁠36–⁠21918Mario Cristobal165221.6
20237–⁠63–⁠5Mario Cristobal15169.6
20225–⁠73–⁠516Mario Cristobal1446-2.7
20217–⁠55–⁠314Manny Diaz157410.8
20208–⁠37–⁠222Manny Diaz158912.8
20196–⁠74–⁠4Manny Diaz15169.6
20187–⁠64–⁠48Mark Richt159412.7
201710–⁠37–⁠11813Mark Richt168417.4
20169–⁠45–⁠320Mark Richt167618.6
20158–⁠55–⁠3Al Golden, Larry Scott157211.0
20146–⁠73–⁠5Al Golden153513.9
20139–⁠45–⁠3Al Golden157816.9
20127–⁠55–⁠3Al Golden15908.2
20116–⁠63–⁠5Al Golden156716.4
20107–⁠65–⁠313Randy Shannon, Jeff Stoutland159121.6
20099–⁠45–⁠319Randy Shannon161825.0
20087–⁠64–⁠4Randy Shannon153110.9
20075–⁠72–⁠6Randy Shannon14913.2
20067–⁠63–⁠512Larry Coker158513.9
20059–⁠36–⁠2917Larry Coker171326.0
20049–⁠35–⁠3611Larry Coker173626.8
200311–⁠26–⁠135Larry Coker178022.9
200212–⁠17–⁠012Larry Coker184228.7
Every season back to 1927 (71 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
200112–⁠07–⁠021Larry Coker187135.5
200011–⁠17–⁠052Butch Davis180235.9
19999–⁠46–⁠11215Butch Davis168322.7
19989–⁠35–⁠220Butch Davis163517.3
19975–⁠63–⁠413Butch Davis1541-0.5
19969–⁠36–⁠11214Butch Davis166718.1
19958–⁠36–⁠11120Butch Davis168312.8
199410–⁠27–⁠066Dennis Erickson177025.5
19939–⁠36–⁠1515Dennis Erickson172025.5
199211–⁠14–⁠013Dennis Erickson180524.6
199112–⁠02–⁠031Dennis Erickson184731.7
199010–⁠213Dennis Erickson181633.4
198911–⁠141Dennis Erickson184329.5
198811–⁠182Jimmy Johnson185533.7
198712–⁠0101Jimmy Johnson184532.5
198611–⁠132Jimmy Johnson179231.9
198510–⁠29Jimmy Johnson172922.4
19848–⁠51018Jimmy Johnson166914.9
198311–⁠11Howard Schnellenberger175824.9
19827–⁠415Howard Schnellenberger167015.9
19819–⁠28Howard Schnellenberger170724.7
19809–⁠318Howard Schnellenberger163421.9
19795–⁠6Howard Schnellenberger14985.0
19786–⁠5Lou Saban14894.9
19773–⁠8Lou Saban14015.0
19763–⁠8Carl Selmer14199.8
19752–⁠8Carl Selmer14175.7
19746–⁠5Pete Elliott14917.9
19735–⁠6Pete Elliott14726.1
19725–⁠6Fran Curci147815.7
19714–⁠7Fran Curci1378-2.9
19703–⁠8Charlie Tate, Walter Kichefski1362-11.1
19694–⁠6Charlie Tate1496
19685–⁠520Charlie Tate1566
19677–⁠45Charlie Tate1643
19668–⁠2–⁠19Charlie Tate1644
19655–⁠4–⁠1Charlie Tate1550
19644–⁠5–⁠1Charlie Tate1483
19633–⁠7Andy Gustafson1452
19627–⁠4Andy Gustafson1572
19617–⁠4Andy Gustafson1609
19606–⁠4Andy Gustafson1522
19596–⁠4Andy Gustafson1498
19582–⁠816Andy Gustafson1402
19575–⁠4–⁠114Andy Gustafson1587
19568–⁠1–⁠1186Andy Gustafson1704
19556–⁠3914Andy Gustafson1625
19548–⁠111Andy Gustafson1639
19534–⁠5Andy Gustafson1455
19524–⁠7Andy Gustafson1413
19518–⁠3Andy Gustafson1612
19509–⁠1–⁠115Andy Gustafson1637
19496–⁠3Andy Gustafson1465
19484–⁠6Andy Gustafson1395
19472–⁠7–⁠1Jack Harding1379
19468–⁠2Jack Harding1559
19459–⁠1–⁠1Jack Harding1524
19441–⁠7–⁠1Eddie Dunn1265
19427–⁠2Jack Harding1410
19418–⁠2Jack Harding1310
19403–⁠71–⁠0Jack Harding1199
19395–⁠5Jack Harding1344
19388–⁠2Jack Harding1386
19374–⁠4–⁠11–⁠0Jack Harding1221
19366–⁠2–⁠21–⁠0Irl Tubbs1255
19351–⁠11111
19340–⁠11089
19330–⁠11088
19300–⁠11089
19280–⁠11087
19270–⁠11097

Officially 687–⁠394–⁠19 since 1926 (per Wikipedia, through the 2026 season); game by game here, 644–⁠365–⁠12 (−43 wins, −29 losses, −7 ties). Our file starts in 1927; the program began in 1926. Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1929, 1931–⁠32, 1943: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.