ESPN just ranked every College Football Playoff team in history, and Miami landed in a spot that will raise some eyebrows in Coral Gables. In Bill Connelly's new list of all 64 CFP participants, the 2025 Hurricanes check in at No. 53, sandwiched between the 2024 Indiana Hoosiers and this year's Texas A&M Aggies. For a 10-2 team with top-10 efficiency numbers and a defense that has looked like a title unit for most of the fall, that feels wildly conservative at best.
Miami Hurricanes are better than No. 53 on the CFP all-time teams list
"The Hurricanes started and finished the season looking the part and overcame a midseason funk that included timid, turnover-plagued losses to Louisville and SMU.