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 head coach 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 defeat Bethune-Cookman, USF, Florida, and Florida State. The Hurricanes do not face UCF this season, the only other Power Four school from Florida, but Cristobal believes their record speaks for itself.

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

Miami led Florida State 28-3 entering the fourth quarter before allowing 19 unanswered points, but still held on for a 28

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