Miami Hurricanes Football Schedule, Results, Bowl Outlook

The U knows that with a win next week it'll secure a spot in the ACC Championship Game and a likely place in the College Football Playoff.

Nov 23, 2024; Miami Gardens, Florida, USA; Miami Hurricanes tight end Elijah Arroyo (8) runs with the football against Wake Forest Demon Deacons defensive back Davaughn Patterson (13) during the second quarter at Hard Rock Stadium. / Sam Navarro-Imagn Images

Win-and-in. That's the position the Miami Hurricanes were in for both the ACC Championship Game and the College Football Playoff, making them the envy of nearly everyone else in the league. That is until it ran into Syracuse, which derailed those hopes with Saturday's 42-38 home victory.

With the final setback, Miami dropped to 10-2, 6-2 ACC. SMU (11-1, 8-0) finished atop the league standings and will face Clemson (8-3, 7-2), which backed into the ACC Championship Game despite losing to South Carolina earlier Saturday.

As for the playoff, Miami was ranked No. 6 by the selection committee last week, but will likely fall hard after losing two of its last three games. Not only do the Hurricanes not have a win against a ranked opponent this season, they have yet to face one.

2024 Results

Aug. 31: at Florida, W 41-17
Sept. 7: Florida A&M, W 56-9
Sept. 14: Ball State, W 62-0
Sept. 21: at South Florida, W 50-15
Sept. 27: Virginia Tech, W 38-34
Oct. 5: at Cal, W 39-38
Oct. 19: at Louisville, W 52-45
Oct. 26: Florida State, W 36-14
Nov. 2: Duke, W 53-31
Nov. 9 at Georgia Tech, L 28-23
Nov. 23: Wake Forest, W 42-14
Nov. 30: at Syracuse, L 42-38

ACC Championship Game Tiebreakers

Two-team tie

Head-to-head competition between the two tied teams.
Win-percentage versus all common opponents.
Win-percentage versus common opponents based upon their order of finish (overall conference win-percentage, with ties broken) and proceeding through other common opponents based upon their order of finish.
Combined win percentage of conference opponents.
The tied team with the higher ranking by the Team Rating Score metric provided by SportSource Analytics following the conclusion of regular season games.
The representative shall be chosen by a draw as administered by the Commissioner or Commissioner’s designee.

B. Three (or More) Team Tie

Three teams (or more) tiebreaker procedures will first be used to identify one Championship Game representative. Once that team is determined, the tiebreaker procedures restart for the remaining tied teams.
Combined head-to-head win percentage among the tied teams if all tied teams are common opponents.
If all the tied teams are not common opponents, the tied team defeated each of the other tied teams. i. If all the tied teams are not common opponents, no tied team defeats the other tied teams, but if a tied team loses to each of the other tied teams, such team shall be eliminated and removed from the tie.
Win-percentage versus all common opponents.
Win-percentage versus common opponents based upon their order of finish (overall conference win-percentage, with ties broken) and proceeding through other common opponents based upon their order of finish.
Combined win percentage of conference opponents.
The tied team with the highest ranking by the Team Rating Score metric provided by SportSource Analytics following the conclusion of regular season games.
The representative shall be chosen by a draw as administered by the Commissioner or Commissioner’s designee

College Football Playoff

The 12 participating teams will be the five conference champions ranked highest by the CFP selection committee, plus the next seven highest-ranked teams. Miami was No. 4 heading into this weekend. It would be unlikely to fall beyond No. 12 in the next rankings on Tuesday.

ACC Bowl Agreements

(From the Atlantic Coast Conference)
Friday, December 20
Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa, Fla.) – 3:30 p.m. ET / ESPN (American/ACC/SEC)

Friday, December 27
Birmingham Bowl (Birmingham, Ala.) – noon or 3:30 p.m. ET / ESPN (American/ACC/SEC)
Holiday Bowl (San Diego, Calif.) – 8 p.m ET / Fox, (ACC vs. Pac 12)

Saturday, December 28
Fenway Bowl (Boston, Mass.) – 11 a.m. ET / ESPN (ACC vs. American)
Pinstripe Bowl (The Bronx, N.Y.) – Noon ET / ABC (ACC vs. Big Ten)
Pop-Tarts Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) – 3:30 p.m. ET / ABC (ACC vs. Big 12)
Military Bowl presented by GoBowling.com (Washington DC) – 5:45 p.m. ET / ESPN (ACC vs, American)

Tuesday, December 31
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl (El Paso, Texas) – 2 p.m. ET / CBS (Pac 12 vs. ACC)

Thursday, January 2, 2025
Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, Fla.) – 7:30 p.m. ET / ESPN (ACC vs. SEC)

Friday, January 3
First Responder (Dallas, Texas) - 4 p.m. / ESPN (American/ACC/Big Ten)
Duke’s Mayo Bowl (Charlotte, N.C.) – 7:30 p.m. ET / ESPN (ACC vs. Big Ten)

Of note: Notre Dame is eligible for all ACC bowl games. Through 2025, "legacy" members of the Pac-12 who recently moved to other conferences are eligible for Pac-12 bowls

See also: Live Updates: Wake Forest at No. 8 Miami