We were great in the 80’s and we would play anyone anywhere. We are all still here after 15 years of mediocrity because we believe that we will somehow get back to being dominant again. You don’t attract top recruits by playing Central Michigan and FIU.
Yea..point is schedules are made years ahead of time nowadays so it’s nearly impossible to tell the future of rankings. We have Michigan st to start off the year in 2020. When that was in the works they were a top 10-15 program . Then in 2021 we have Bama and mich st..the problem is a lot of top programs don’t like to schedule home and home non conference vs other talented programs. It’s not a Miami problem
| G | Date | Day | School | Opponent | Conf | Pts | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 1, 2001 | Sat | (2) Miami (FL) | @ | Penn State | Big Ten | W | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Sep 8, 2001 | Sat | (1) Miami (FL) | Rutgers | Big East | W | 61 | 0 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sep 27, 2001 | Thu | (1) Miami (FL) | @ | Pitt | Big East | W | 43 | 21 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 4 | Oct 6, 2001 | Sat | (1) Miami (FL) | Troy | Ind | W | 38 | 7 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Oct 13, 2001 | Sat | (2) Miami (FL) | @ | (14) Florida State | ACC | W | 49 | 27 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | |
| 6 | Oct 25, 2001 | Thu | (1) Miami (FL) | West Virginia | Big East | W | 45 | 3 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | ||
| 7 | Nov 3, 2001 | Sat | (1) Miami (FL) | Temple | Big East | W | 38 | 0 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | ||
| 8 | Nov 10, 2001 | Sat | (1) Miami (FL) | @ | Boston College | Big East | W | 18 | 7 | 8 | 0 | W 8 | |
| 9 | Nov 17, 2001 | Sat | (1) Miami (FL) | (14) Syracuse | Big East | W | 59 | 0 | 9 | 0 | W 9 | ||
| 10 | Nov 24, 2001 | Sat | (1) Miami (FL) | (12) Washington | Pac-10 | W | 65 | 7 | 10 | 0 | W 10 | ||
| 11 | Dec 1, 2001 | Sat | (1) Miami (FL) | @ | (14) Virginia Tech | Big East | W | 26 | 24 | 11 | 0 | W 11 | |
| 12 | Jan 3, 2002 | Thu | (1) Miami (FL) | N | (4) Nebraska | Big 12 | W | 37 | 14 | 12 | 0 | W 12 | Rose Bowl (Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA)) |
I agree but we definitely know that Central Michigan and FIU aren’t going to be ranked in the top 10 ever.
You pointed out a schedule In which Texas A&M got unlucky with their conference cross overs and 2 other teams in their division that they play yearly anyways. They also scheduled this home and home with Clemson back in 2014 when Clemsoning was alive and well. It would be like scheduling Kentucky after a few 10 win seasons and saying fvck, they're actually a top 5 team still 5 years later.
