The average seed for Miami fell to 8.08 in the updated College Football Playoff projections by ESPN. Four ESPN writers project Miami as a seven seed, three have the Hurricanes as an eight seed and five as a nine seed. Five teams are projected as the first-round opponent for Miami in the CFP.
The most common CFP opponent for Miami in the ESPN projections is BYU. Andrea Adelson and Heather Dinich project Miami as a seven seed hosting 10th-seeded BYU in the first round. David Hale projects Miami as a nine-seed at eighth-seeded BYU.
Adam Rittenberg and Dave Wilson project Miami as an eight seed hosting ninth-seeded BYU.