Top 25 Roundup: Miami’s Eight-Lateral Finish Stuns Duke

Photo Florida State’s Jacques Patrick carrying the ball in the No. 17 Seminoles’ 45-21 victory over Syracuse. Patrick rushed for 162 yards. Credit Michael Chang/Getty Images Corn Elder took Miami’s eighth lateral of a wild final kickoff return and brought it back 75 yards for a touchdown that gave visiting Miami (5-3, 2-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) an improbable 30-27 win over No. 22 Duke.

Thomas Sirk seemingly had given the Blue Devils (6-2, 3-1) the win by scoring on a sneak with six seconds left.

But in a final sequence reminiscent of California’s unforgettable run through the Stanford band, Elder caught the last of eight laterals and zigged and zagged through the Duke coverage for the…