Overview
- Miami enters 6-1 (2-1 ACC) and SMU 5-3 (3-1), with both needing a win to stay in the ACC title chase and Miami preserving its College Football Playoff hopes.
- Miami’s defense ranks among the nation’s best, allowing 14.1 points per game, while SMU is coming off a 13-12 defeat at Wake Forest with just 246 total yards that ended a 20-game regular-season conference win streak.
- SMU’s secondary has been porous at roughly 303.5 passing yards allowed per game, and Miami quarterback Carson Beck is 136 yards from 10,000 career total offense.
- The trip is Miami’s first game outside Florida this season, with kickoff Saturday at noon ET on ESPN in Dallas and a forecast in the mid-50s with overcast skies.
- Former Hurricanes offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee leads SMU, the Mustangs feature ex-Miami players, and Lashlee said starting quarterback Kevin Jennings has been playing hurt.