Miami football ranks No. 7 in Coaches Poll

Trinton Breeze
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The first ever preseason coaches poll for the 2026-27 college football season has been released and the Miami Hurricanes are ranked as the nation’s No. 7 team in the land.



The Miami Hurricanes will enter their second consecutive season inside the top 10 in the Coaches Poll rankings. Football kicks off in 31 days for the first game of the season against Stanford in Stanford, California.

Check out the full preseason rankings down below:

2026 Coaches Poll preseason Top 25 rankings​

  1. Ohio State (38 first-place votes)
  2. Oregon (6)
  3. Georgia (7)
  4. Texas (2)
  5. Notre Dame (5)
  6. Indiana (14)
  7. Miami
  8. Texas A&M
  9. Oklahoma
  10. Mississippi
  11. Alabama
  12. Texas Tech
  13. LSU
  14. Southern California
  15. Brigham Young
  16. Michigan
  17. Penn State
  18. Tennessee
  19. Washington
  20. SMU
  21. Utah
  22. Iowa
  23. Clemson
  24. Houston
  25. Missouri

Others receiving votes: Louisville; Florida; TCU; Illinois; Arizona; South Carolina; Virginia; Vanderbilt; Auburn; Georgia Tech; Boise State; Oklahoma State; UNLV; Florida State; North Carolina State; Nebraska; Virginia Tech; Memphis; Arizona State; Duke; James Madison; New Mexico; Pittsburgh; Navy; Western Michigan; San Diego State; California; Hawaii; Jacksonville State; Kansas State.

Right off the top, any preseason poll that has us under Indiana is ridiculous. They will be a good team, but the media has just fallen in love with that weird coach. His team was super old and most had been with him from the previous school and then he made a good call on Mendoza (forget what I think of him as an NFL player).

They'll be lucky to make the playoffs let alone be the #6 overall team in the country. Also, Alabama at 11 is a total joke. Finally, Oregon is perennially an underachiever as is Texas. Georgia deserves to be top 5, but they don't have an elite QB and I think in this modern age of CFB, you really have to have one to go all the way - ie. play at least 3 games against upper-level schools.

Having said all of this, I think that we are the actual #1 team in the country. I think we're the most complete team in the country. But, I would be happier if they and the AP had us a little lower - it's always best to be unerrated as long as you don't have too long of a climb to get up to the top. Of course, with the playoffs, even that is not really a concern.
 
They got pushed around by Florida.
Let me add: They got pushed around by a Florida team that we absolutely manhandled the week before

We physically abused them to the point you could tell they didn’t belong on the field with us

They had 140 yards and more injuries than points
 
Taint seems overrated to me. I am entirely basing this on how awful Sayin played against us though.
 
Taint seems overrated to me. I am entirely basing this on how awful Sayin played against us though.

I mean, we went 4-1 against half of their current top 10 last year so naturally we should be 7.
 
I mean, we went 4-1 against half of their current top 10 last year so naturally we should be 7.
Lol we are under ranked.

I think amongst the top tier teams preseason polls should value the most important position - QB - on the field much more.

Taint, UGA, and IU are ranked too high for my liking. Miami, TAMU, OU, and Ole **** ranked too low.
 
Put up or Shut up time for Texas and USC. Sark and Riley were hired the same year Mario was, along with Freeman and Brian Kelly for that matter. Mario and Freeman have obviously got things going. Kelly, well………
 
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