It seems almost universal among the college football media that the Miami Hurricanes will be in the 12-team CFP bracket for the second consecutive season. Where they place in that bracket is a matter of discussion and the best way to come to a consensus is to search for as many predictions as three pages of a Google search would offer.
The results led me to the predictions of 21 different people and, while there wasn't a uniform agreement, it was almost split down the middle of writers that thought Miami would get a first-round bye and those that had them playing in the opening week of the playoffs.
Of those that had the Hurricanes with a bye, most of them had Miami as a 4 seed (73%). Brad Crawford of CBS Sports was the only writer that predicted the Hurricanes would get a No. 1 seed. From the 10 writers that had Miami playing in the first round, all but one predicted the Hurricanes would be a 7 seed.
Miami goes 21-for-21 in CFP predictions for the 2026 season
Brad Crawford, CBS Sports, 1 seed
David Kenyon, Bleacher Report. 3 seed
Eddie Pells, Associated Press, 3 seed
Tom Fornelli, CBS Sports, 4 seed
Chip Patterson, CBS Sports, 4 seed
John Talty, CBS Sports, 4 seed
Richard Johnson, CBS Sports, 4 seed
Chris Hummer, CBS Sports, 4 seed
Vaughn Dalzell, NBC Sports, 4 seed
Josh Pate, On3/ESPN, 4 seed
Matt Hayes, USA Today, 4 seed
Brandon Marcello, CBS Sports, 5 seed
Shehan Jayarajah, CBS Sports, 7 seed
David Cobb, CBS Sports, 7 seed
Kyle Bonagura, ESPN, 7 seed
Mark Schlabach, ESPN, 7 seed
RJ Young, FOX Sports, 7 seed
Michael Cohen, FOX Sports, 7 seed
Laken Litman, FOX Sports, 7 seed
Ben Portnoy, FOX Sports, 7 seed
Steven Lasson,Athlon Sports, 7 seed
Miami is one of the programs seemingly everyone agrees will make the CFP
The Hurricanes are a very popular pick for the 12-team playoff along with Ohio State, Oregon, Georgia, Notre Dame and Texas. After that, it gets a little more jumbled. Those six teams, however, are among those with the most expensive rosters in college football.
It's easy for a team to get complacent with the belief that they are going to walk through most of their schedule. That's why Mario Cristobal has tried to hammer home the point that nothing is determined until the games are played. But, at the same time, Cristobal has full faith that his team has the tools to succeed behind the leadership on the roster.
"Yeah, these are guys that have a lot of experience. You know what they've done? They establish elite routines, and by that I mean is they know when to go to bed and when to shut off their phones. They know what to eat on a daily basis," he said. "They know how to hydrate properly. They know how to activate downstairs with a strength and conditioning staff and sports science before they hit the field to make sure their body is primed for a great practice."
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