Who Should Miami Root For This Weekend?

This is Miami's Week 7 college football rooting guide, based on published pregame simulations. The model's starting CFP probability for Miami is 95.1%. The outcomes shown below compare each game separately; they are not cumulative forecasts, live CFP odds, or official committee projections.

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Biggest games to watch for Miami

  1. Notre Dame vs BYU: Root for Notre Dame

    Miami CFP probability: 95.3% if Notre Dame wins, compared with 93.6% if BYU wins. Difference: 1.7% percentage points.

    A Notre Dame loss would reduce the résumé value of Miami's future matchup with Notre Dame. However, Notre Dame would also improve its own at-large case, which offsets part of that benefit to Miami.

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  2. Elon vs Stanford: Root for Stanford

    Miami CFP probability: 95.3% if Stanford wins, compared with 94.1% if Elon wins. Difference: 1.2% percentage points.

    Miami already beat Stanford, so a Stanford loss would reduce the résumé value of that win.

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