LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - SEPTEMBER 19: (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
In a simulation run by Pro Football Focus, the Miami Hurricanes came up as the 18th best team in the country according to their metrics. Miami returns over 90 percent of its production on offense and defense according to the ESPN Football Power Index. Quarterback D’Eriq King grades out as the best returning player for Miami.
Miami enters the 2021 season as the consensus second favorite in the ACC Coastal Divison behind North Carolina. The Tar Heels and Hurricanes are a distant second and third behind Clemson in the consensus odds to win the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2021.