With its Week 6 win over Florida State, Miami is now 4-0 against in-state opponents in the 2025 college football season. According to Mario Cristobal , that makes the Hurricanes the unofficial “state champions” of The Sunshine State.

After beating Notre Dame in Week 1, Miami has gone on to beat Bethune-Cookman, USF, Florida and Florida State. The Hurricanes do not play UCF in 2025, the only other Power Four school from the state, but Cristobal thinks their current record is enough to make them kings of the area.

“That's our fourth straight game against an opponent from the state of Florida,” Cristobal said after Week 6, via ESPN. “That's important to us, being state champions.”

Miami was up on Florida State 28-3 entering the fourth quarter before allowing 19 unanswered points in t

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