Coaches Poll snubs Miami Hurricanes but AP Poll puts Canes in Top 5

Miami won the game that mattered Saturday night. Two days later, the polls gave very different verdicts. In the Associated Press Top 25 released Tuesday, the Hurricanes jumped five spots to No. 5, wedged behind Georgia and ahead of Oregon and Texas. The Coaches Poll, though, kept Miami at No. 7, which is one slot behind No. 6 Texas, who is 0–1 after losing at Ohio State. 

AP voters dropped Texas all the way to No. 7 and pushed Miami into the top five after the Hurricanes 27–24 win over then–No. 6 Notre Dame. Meanwhile, the coaches slotted Texas sixth and Miami seventh in their updated ballot. The AP result is straightforward scoreboard logic; the coaches’ ordering says Texas still rates a hair higher coming off a one-score loss to the defending champs.

In the Coaches Poll point totals, Texas received 1,339 points and Miami 1,304, a 35-point gap that amounts to a handful of ballot lines across 66 voters. At the top of that poll, Ohio State drew 59 first-place votes, with Penn State (6), Georgia (1) and LSU (1) rounding out the firsts.

From Miami’s side, the resume case is clean as the Hurricanes are 1–0 with a ranked win. Carson Beck went 20-of-31 for 205 yards and two touchdowns with no picks, Malachi Toney debuted with 6 catches for 82 yards and a TD, and Carter Davis drilled the 47-yard game-winner with 1:04 left. UM’s defense forced two takeaways, limited Notre Dame to 94 rushing yards (3.5 per) and ended the night with back-to-back sacks. That’s the kind of opener AP voters rewarded.

Is this a snub?

Yes. Miami beat a top-10 opponent and Texas lost to one (with an offense that looked incompetent). The AP poll rightfully reflected that reality while the coaches essentially said: we still think Texas is a nose better right now. Either way, the split is small enough to flip quickly. One more crisp Saturday from Miami and that 35-point Coaches gap can evaporate.