{"id":394158,"date":"2025-11-21T07:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/394158\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T07:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:43:12","slug":"kirk-herbstreit-questions-how-much-miamis-head-to-head-win-over-notre-dame-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/394158\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Herbstreit questions how much Miami’s head-to-head win over Notre Dame matters"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Week 13 College Football Playoff rankings were revealed on Tuesday. One of the biggest takeaways saw No. 10 Notre Dame<\/a><\/strong> rank ahead of No. 13 Miami<\/a><\/strong>, which many \u2018Canes fans took exception to. <\/p>\n

The issue stems from the season opener when the Hurricanes beat the Irish 27-24 head-to-head. Heading into the final two weeks of the season, ESPN<\/strong>\u2018s Kirk Herbstreit<\/strong> questioned how much that matchup really means for Miami at this point in the season, noting that recent losses could be the difference maker in the committee\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cMiami has that head to head, but then they lose to Louisville<\/a><\/strong> at home and they lose on the road at SMU<\/a><\/strong>,\u201d Herbstreit explained<\/a>. \u201cAt what point does a head to head not carry the weight based on the other games that a team loses? \u2026 I mean, at what point do you not hold on to Week 1 \u2014 a three-point victory when you\u2019ve lost a couple games to teams you were favored over?\u201d<\/p>\n

Notre Dame would go on to lose its next game against Texas A&M<\/a><\/strong>. However, the Irish have rattled off eight consecutive wins since and are two wins away from likely cementing their spot in the CFP. Meanwhile, Miami started the year with a 5-0 record and have gone 3-2 ever since. <\/p>\n

Herbstreit said he likes what he\u2019s seen from Notre Dame since it\u2019s 0-2 start to the regular season. He\u2019s high on the Irish\u2019s personnel, praising the Notre Dame\u2019s offensive skill positions and calling them a good all-around team. At the same time, he can understand the argument Miami fans have made throughout the week. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure Miami fans are saying, what is Notre Dame? I mean, I know they\u2019ve won games, but who have they beaten? What have they done? I guess that Miami would make that case,\u201d Herbstreit said.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame has wins over ranked USC<\/a><\/strong> and Pitt<\/a><\/strong> teams \u2014 both of which came by more than one score. The win over Pitt came against a Panthers team that had won five in a row before running into the Irish. <\/p>\n

For Miami, the Hurricanes have beaten three ranked teams this season including Notre Dame, South Florida<\/a><\/strong> and Florida State<\/a><\/strong>. Neither USF nor FSU are currently ranked. <\/p>\n

More importantly, however, is who the Hurricanes have lost to. Both Louisville and SMU \u2014 the two blemishes on Miami\u2019s record \u2014 are also unranked this week. <\/p>\n

All that either team can do at this point in the season is continue to stack up wins. Miami has matchups on the road at Virginia Tech<\/a><\/strong> and Pitt to end its regular season, while Notre Dame will wrap their schedule up at home vs. Syracuse<\/a><\/strong> this weekend before traveling to Stanford<\/a><\/strong> during Week 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Week 13 College Football Playoff rankings were revealed on Tuesday. One of the biggest takeaways saw No.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":394159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1318,1317,1315,1316,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-394158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115586571023107372","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}