Miami football projected to finish 10-2 by national website
The Miami football team enters the 2021 season with 19 returning starters and high expectations. Miami will be tested early with the season opener against Alabama in Atlanta on September 4. The Hurricanes are preseason ranked 14th in the AP Media Top 25 and 16th in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
With less than two weeks to the opening weekend for most college football, national previews have been prevalent from multiple websites. The Miami football team is projected to finish 10-2 overall and 7-1 in the ACC by 247 Sports. Miami is projected to lose to Alabama and North Carolina by 247.
North Carolina is projected to have identical 10-2, 7-1 records by 247. The Tar Heels would win the tiebreaker to emerge as the ACC Coastal Division champion with the win over the Hurricanes. North Carolina is projected to lose to Notre Dame and North Carolina State. Miami plays the Tar Heels, but not the Fighting Irish.
If Miami finishes 10-2 in 2021, they would likely earn a berth in a New Year’s Six Bowl Game. The Orange Bowl is hosting one of the two College Football Semifinals in 2021. The Cotton Bowl is hosting the other CFP Semifinal. Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis is hosting the CFP National Championship Game in January.
"MIAMI HURRICANESFinal record prediction: 10-2, 7-1The projected losses: Alabama, North CarolinaThe word: Ten wins should get Miami to the New Year’s Six this fall, but that is not where the Hurricanes want to be according to quarterback D’Eriq King. He is expecting the Hurricanes to win every game, flexing one of the ACC’s most talented rosters.The toughest games on the schedule for Miami come against top 10 competition. No team in college football has a more challenging season opener than the Hurricanes, matched up with defending national champion Alabama in Atlanta.But if Manny Diaz’s team somehow wins that game, you will see a meteoric rise in the Week 2 AP Poll from Miami."
Miami is a prohibitive underdog against Alabama. If the Hurricanes can defeat the Crimson Tide and get to 11 wins they would have an excellent chance for the CFP. Alabama won the National Championship following the 2017 season despite not winning the SEC West Division. King’s confidence has changed the Miami culture.
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If the Miami football team splits with Alabama and North Carolina they will contend for a college football playoff berth. The Hurricanes have to remain focused every week. Miami won all the games they were expected to in 2020. The next step for Miami in 2021 is to win games they are not favored or tossups.