Miami has an average projected seed of 7.81 in the ESPN consensus "College Football Playoff predictions: Who's most likely to make the field" posted just before midnight on Saturday. Ten out of the 11 ESPN writers project Miami with a seed of six or lower.
David Hale, who primarily covers the ACC for ESPN, is their only writer who projects Miami to still have a first-round bye as his fourth seed. Eli Lederman projects Miami sixth in the CFP seeding as the next highest prediction behind Hale.
Andrea Adelson, who frequently works with Hale covering the ACC and Max Olson project Miami as a seven seed. Jake Trotter is the only other ESPN writer who projects Miami with a home game in the CFP as an eighth seed.
The other six ESPN writers project Miami as a ninth seed in the CFP. Miami has a median seed of nine. Oregon is the most projected common opponent for Miami. That game, per the ESPN projections, would be in Eugene.
ESPN Writer | Miami CFP Seed | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
Andrea Adelson | 7 | 10) Texas Tech |
Kyle Bonagura | 9 | 8) Georgia Tech |
Bill Connelly | 9 | 8) Oregon |
David Hale | 4 | 5) Alabama vs. 12) Navy |
Eli Lederman | 6 | 11) Notre Dame |
Max Olson | 7 | 10) BYU |
Adam Rittenberg | 9 | 8) Oregon |
Mark Schlabach | 9 | 8) Georgia Tech |
Jake Trotter | 8 | 9) Mississippi |
Paolo Uggetti | 9 | 8) Mississippi |
Dave Wilson | 9 | 8) Oregon |
Georgia Tech is projected twice as a Miami opponent. The Yellow Jackets are predicted to be the eighth seed at home against the ninth-seeded Hurricanes. Mississippi is projected twice to be a Miami opponent. Trotter projects Miami to host Mississippi and Paoli Uggetti has the Hurricanes playing at the Rebels.
Adelson projects Miami to host Texas Tech. Kyle Bonagura and Mark Schlachbach predict Miami as a ninth seed at eighth-seeded Georgia Tech. Bill Connelly, Adam Rittenberg and Dave Wilson project Miami as a ninth seed at eighth-seeded Oregon.
Lederman projects Miami to host Notre Dame. Olson predicts 10th-seeded BYU at Miami. Hale projects Miami to play the winners of fifth seed Alabama and 12th seed Navy. Miami hosts Stanford on Saturday and is at SMU on November 1 before the inaugural 2025 official CFP Rankings are released on November 4.