Miami has an average seed of 2.5 from the 10 ESPN writers asked to make "College Football Playoff predictions: Who's most likely to make the field" after the majority of games were complete on Saturday night in week six.
Miami was unanimously chosen by the ESPN writers to receive a bye in the first round of the College Football Playoff. David Hale who primarily writes about the ACC was the only ESPN writer who projected Miami to be the top seed among his 12-team CFP predictions.
Six other ESPN writers projected Miami as a six seed and three predicted the Hurricanes to be a two seed. Indiana or Oklahoma are the predicted highest seed in a first-round game on nine of the 10 projections by ESPN writers in the Miami quarter of the CFP.
Five ESPN writers project Indiana as a six- or seven-seed, with three picking Oklahoma, one each projecting Alabama and Texas A&M as the top first-round seed in Miami's CFP quarterfinal. Georgia is the most frequently predicted lower seed in Miami's CFP quarter to play on the road.
ESPN Writer | Miami CFP Seed | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
Andrea Adelson | 3 | 6) Oklahoma vs 11) Georgia |
Kyle Bonagura | 3 | 6) Texas A&M vs. 11) Memphis |
David Hale | 1 | 8) Alabama vs. 9) Georgia |
Eli Lederman | 2 | 7) Indiana vs. 10) Missouri |
Max Olson | 2 | 7) Indiana versus 10) Georgia |
Adam Rittenberg | 3 | 6) Indiana versus 11) Tennessee |
Mark Schlabach | 3 | 6) Oklahoma versus 11) LSU |
Jake Trotter | 2 | 7) Oklahoma vs. 10) Georgia |
Paolo Uggetti | 3 | 6) Indiana versus 11) Georgia Tech |
Dave Wilson | 3 | 6) Indiana vs. 11) Missouri |
Four ESPN writers picked Georgia as the opponent for the road team in the Miami CFP quarter, two picked Missouri and one each predicted Georgia Tech, LSU, Memphis, or Tennessee. Indiana and Oklahoma are the only teams among the previously mentioned as a potential Miami CFP opponent that are still undefeated.
Indiana is at Oregon next week in a game between two top 10 opponents. Oklahoma plays Texas, who could plummet from ninth-ranked in the week six Associated Press Top 25 to completely out of the poll after falling to 3-2 following a 29-21 loss at Florida on Saturday.
Oklahoma has five remaining games against SEC opponents who were in the top 20 of the week six AP Poll. Penn State, who will also have a significant drop after losing at previously winless UCLA on Saturday, is the only remaining Top 25 team on the schedule for Indiana for the remainder of the 2025 regular season.
The loss by Louisville on Saturday at home to Virginia cost Miami a chance for another win over a Top 25 team. Miami hosts Louisville on October 17, following its second bye in two weeks next weekend. Louisville begins a stretch of seven consecutive games for Miami to finish the regular season.