The Miami Hurricanes climbed the rankings again this week after stomping the Florida Gators, 26-7. UM now sits at No. 2 in the latest AP Poll— their highest position since 2017.
The Hurricanes defense dominated the Gator offense, holding them to only seven points. The Florida passing game was disastrous with quarterback DJ Lagway throwing for only 61 yards, no touchdowns and only completing 12 out of 23 throwing attempts. Miami’s 3rd down defense was impeccable, stopping the Gators on all of their 13 attempts.
On the offensive side of the ball, it was a rough day for Miami quarterback Carson Beck. While the young season has been great for Beck, with many sites having him as the Heisman favorite going into the weekend, he only threw for 160 yards with no touchdowns and one interception.
With Beck having an off night, the running backs needed to step up and they answered the call.
Junior Mark Fletcher Jr. and redshirt sophomore CharMar “Marty” Brown had themselves a night with Fletcher rushing for 116 yards and a touchdown and Brown rushing for 80 yards and two touchdowns along with 53 yards receiving yards, making him Miami’s top receiver of the game.
After their 4-0 start, UM will look to avoid what happened last time they were ranked No. 2, when they lost to unranked Pittsburgh late in the 2017 season.
Miami is on bye next week, but after that will be their toughest test of the season, facing No. 8 Florida State in a Top-10 matchup in Tallahassee. The game will likely attract College Gameday for their second Miami game of the season.
