Ohio State, closely followed by Indiana. Flip a coin, really. I think Miami, Taint, and Indiana were the clear 3 best teams in the country.
Ole Miss a distant 5th. Best offense, but their defense was hot ***. ND was a better team. Now, when we played ND they weren't, but by the end of the season I think ND was clearly better than Ole Miss.
Tier 1:
Miami, Taint, Indiana
Tier 2:
Ole Miss, Notre Dame, Oregon
Tier 3:
Texas Tech, UGA, A&M
And then you get to the rest, which includes Bama, Texas, Vandy, BYU, Utah, Oklahoma. All those teams had major flaws.
So if you ask me who is the best team Miami played, for my money I'm going:
1AA. Taint
1AB. Indiana
3. Notre Dame
4. Ole Miss
5. A&M