The level the Miami football program has played for the last 14 seasons has largely been one of mediocrity. Miami has only one nine-win season in that time, one ten-win season, one outright ACC Coastal Division title and one ACC Championship game appearance. It’s debatable if the Hurricanes are still an elite program.
The Miami football program owned college football for most of the 21-year stretch from 1983-2003. The Hurricanes speed and brashness struck fear in opponents. Miami won 10 or more games 14 times in that span. Five of those seasons with single digits wins were 1995-99 when Butch Davis had to rebuild the program.