Miami's head coach Mario Cristobal is giving some good news regarding the health of one of the team's top defensive backs.

For the second consecutive week, UM is the highest-ranked team from the Atlantic Coast Conference. Because of that, Miami for the time being is slotted into the playoff field as the ACC champion — although that is far from a given with Miami (8-2, 4-2 ACC) technically on the outside looking in of the conference title game entering this week.

The headliner of the late window in college football is a matchup between No. 11 BYU and Cincinnati. The Cougars are on track to face Texas Tech in the Big 12 title game. Texas Tech and BYU are the only teams from the conference with just one loss against Big 12 competition.

ESPN, Sagarin Ratings, Sports Reference and TeamRankings, major sports media sites, have Miami higher in their metrics than the Hurricanes' College Football Playoff ranking. Miami is 13th in the week 12 CFP rankings that were released on Tuesday night.

The Hurricanes game against the Pittsburgh Panthers on Nov. 29 is the second of back-to-back Miami road games to end the regular season.

Former Miami football and Cleveland Browns legend Bernie Kosar finally got a liver transplant after a recent delay. On Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, former Miami Hurricanes football star Bernie Kosar is getting a liver transplant, as the former Cleveland Browns quarterback revealed.

And it’s keeping Miami’s hopes of reaching the College Football Playoff alive as the Hurricanes, ranked No. 13 in the latest CFP rankings, beat the Virginia Tech Hokies 34-17 Saturday at Lane Stadium.

Fletcher, a junior who has contributed all three of his years at Miami, has been an emotional leader all season. That hasn’t stopped since being sidelined by an injury sustained late against SMU on Nov. 1. He’s still a leading voice in the running back room.