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Looking back at the winners of the last 25 national championships:
Average Points For Per Game
Average Points Allowed Per Game
So how does Miami compare? Beginning in 2006, only twice has Miami had a margin of victory greater than 10 points. The best was in 2016 (15 points), the other was in 2018 (10 points). However the 2016 team averaged 34 points scored and gave up 19. The 2018 squad had an average points scored of just 29 points, while giving up 19 per game.
34 points per game has been Miami's high water mark since 2006, and was achieved four times (2013, 2016, 2020, 2021). 2006's squad still had a strong defense and averaged just 15 points a game, but since then the best performance has been 2016's 19 points per game.
This year to date, the Hurricanes average points scored are 25 and average points allowed are 25.
Last year's national champions - the Georgia Bulldogs - have regressed slightly this year on offense to register 41 points per game, but have improved on defense to 11 points per game. The 30 point differential puts them well in the range of previous national championship winners.
For Miami - or any other team - to be considered national championship contenders, we will need to get to roughly 40 points per game. Defensively, we need to give up no more than two TDs per game on average. That's the hill to climb. Because in the past, that's where we, Texas, the Gators, and others have been.
Average Points For Per Game
- Average: 40
- Highest: 52 (Florida State - 2013)
- Lowest: 29 (Ohio State - 2002)
Average Points Allowed Per Game
- Average: 15
- Lowest: 8 (Alabama - 2011)
- Auburn: 24 (Auburn - 2010)
- Average: 25
- Highest: 40 (Florida State - 2013)
- Lowest: 15 (Tennessee - 1998)
So how does Miami compare? Beginning in 2006, only twice has Miami had a margin of victory greater than 10 points. The best was in 2016 (15 points), the other was in 2018 (10 points). However the 2016 team averaged 34 points scored and gave up 19. The 2018 squad had an average points scored of just 29 points, while giving up 19 per game.
34 points per game has been Miami's high water mark since 2006, and was achieved four times (2013, 2016, 2020, 2021). 2006's squad still had a strong defense and averaged just 15 points a game, but since then the best performance has been 2016's 19 points per game.
This year to date, the Hurricanes average points scored are 25 and average points allowed are 25.
Last year's national champions - the Georgia Bulldogs - have regressed slightly this year on offense to register 41 points per game, but have improved on defense to 11 points per game. The 30 point differential puts them well in the range of previous national championship winners.
For Miami - or any other team - to be considered national championship contenders, we will need to get to roughly 40 points per game. Defensively, we need to give up no more than two TDs per game on average. That's the hill to climb. Because in the past, that's where we, Texas, the Gators, and others have been.
