With the Miami football team off following its 48-7 win over Bethune-Cookman on
Thursday night there are eight opportunities to watch Hurricanes’ 2023 opponents on Saturday. Virginia who Miami will host on October 28, lost 42-14 to Maryland on Friday night. Three Miami 2023 opponents kick off at noon ET on Saturday.
Florida State will play at Boston College with a noon kickoff on ABC. Miami plays at Florida State on November 11 and Boston College on November 25. Florida State is ranked third nationally. The Seminoles are fourth nationally averaging 55.5 points per game. Boston College lost to Northern Illinois and beat Holy Cross by three.
Miami will host Louisville on November 18. Louisville will kick off at noon versus Indiana at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on the Big 10 Network. Louisville started the season with wins over Georgia Tech and Murray State. Indiana lost to Ohio State in its season opener and defeated Indiana State last week.
Miami plays its first road game of the season next Saturday at Temple. Temple hosts FCS opponent Norfolk State on Saturday. The Owls won their season opener 24-21 over Akron before losing 36-7 at Rutgers last week. Norfolk State lost to Virginia State to begin the season and defeated Hampton last week.
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North Carolina who Miami plays on October 14 has a 3:30 PM kickoff versus Minnesota on ABC. The Tar Heels are ranked 20th nationally. North Carolina started the season with wins over South Carolina and Appalachian State. Minnesota has wins over Nebraska and Eastern Michigan to match North Carolina’s 2-0 start.
Georgia Tech began the season with a loss to Louisville before defeating South Carolina State last week. Mississippi has wins over Mercer and then number 24 Tulane. The Rebels are fifth nationally averaging 55.0 PPG. Georgia Tech and Mississippi will kick off at 7:30 PM on the SEC Network.
Clemson concludes the Saturday games of Miami football opponents with a 6:00 PM kickoff versus Florida Atlantic on the ACC Network. After a shocking 28-7 loss at Duke in the season opener, Clemson defeated Charleston 66-17 last week. FAU defeated Monmouth before losing to Ohio last week.
Miami has nine days off before playing at Temple on September 23. The Hurricanes have a bye week after playing the Owls before hosting Georgia Tech to begin ACC play on October 14. Miami should move up a few spots in the Associated Press Top 25 and USA Today Coaches Polls when they are released on Sunday.