Ranked Miami football teams have dominated Florida
The Miami football team will enter its 2024 season opener at Florida as the 19th-ranked team in the Associated Press Top 25 and the USA Today Coaches Poll. Miami leads the all-time series with Florida 29-27. Miami has won 12 of the 21 games played in Gainesville entering the 2024 season.
Miami is 5-1 as a ranked team in Gainesville. The Hurricanes beat the Gators 20-14 in 1950 and 14-0 in 1954 when they were ranked and Florida was unranked. Miami is 3-1 as a ranked team versus unranked Florida. In addition to 1950 and 1954, a ranked Miami team beat unranked Florida 7-6 in 1955 in Miami.
Unranked Florida earned its only win over ranked Miami 23-14 in Jacksonville in 1959. That was the last meeting between a ranked Miami team and an unranked Florida team. Florida beat Miami 26-3 in the last game played between the Gators and Hurricanes that was played in Gainesville.
Miami is 11-2 all-time versus Florida as a ranked team. The only other win for Florida over a ranked Miami team was in 1982. The 16th-ranked Gators beat the 15th-ranked Hurricanes 17-14 in Gainesville. Miami will travel to Gainesville with a seven-game winning streak versus Florida as a ranked team.
Number 14 Miami last played Florida as a ranked team in a 27-10 win over 18th ranked Florida in the 2004 Sugar Bowl. Miami last won in Gainesville as a ranked team when they were number one and beat sixth-ranked Florida 41-16 during the 2002 season. Miami also won the last game in Miami as a ranked team.
Miami will face four Florida preseason All-SEC players in season opener. Miami will face four Florida preseason All-SEC players in season opener. dark. Next
Number three Miami beat 18th-ranked Florida 38-33 rallying from a 33-10 third-quarter deficit. Miami enters the 2024 game at Florida as a consensus 2.5-point favorite. The ESPN Football Power Index gives Florida a 57.3 percent chance to defeat Miami. The 2024 Miami at Florida game is a tossup.