{"id":411056,"date":"2026-09-26T05:40:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T05:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/411056\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T05:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T05:40:22","slug":"miami-and-mississippi-state-stand-in-a-league-of-their-own-with-a-key-early-season-stat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/411056\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami and Mississippi State stand in a league of their own with a key early-season stat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6h\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caneswarning.com\/miami-should-be-concerned-about-new-conference-strength-metric-from-cfp-committee\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami has received a lot of criticism for its schedule<\/a> over the last week or so, but the Canes have achieved something through the first three games that only one other team has done.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6m\">No. 6 Miami and No. 24 Mississippi State are the only FBS teams with two road victories over Power Four opponents.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Miami and Mississippi State are the lone teams with two road wins over Power Four opponents. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ElJtZg99uh\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/ElJtZg99uh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZrhFHmfQ4i\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZrhFHmfQ4i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pete Nakos (@PeteNakos) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeteNakos\/status\/2101714828872024434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 20, 2026<\/a>Miami has two road P4 victories<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"71\">The Hurricanes opened the year with a 45-6 win at Stanford on Sept. 4 and followed it with a 33-20 victory at Wake Forest on Sept. 18 (after a 77-7 home win over FAMU).<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"76\">Mississippi State matched the road total with a 38-13 win at Minnesota on Sept. 12 and a 41-34 comeback at South Carolina on Sept. 19. Both the Hurricanes and the Bulldogs are 3-0 on the season. Mississippi State&#8217;s other win was at home against Louisiana-Monroe, 62-13.<\/p>\n<p>Miami&#8217;s remaining schedule<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7g\">The 2026 slate for Miami doesn&#8217;t look challenging right now, but there are plenty of quality teams outside of Notre Dame. Virginia Tech under James Franklin, Pitt, reigning ACC champion Duke and Clemson (potentially) all offer quality win opportunities for the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n<p>Sept. 26 vs. Central MichiganOct. 3 at ClemsonOct. 17 vs. Florida StateOct. 24 vs. PittsburghOct. 31 at North CarolinaNov. 7 at No. 3 Notre DameNov. 14 vs. DukeNov. 21 vs. Virginia TechNov. 28 vs. Boston CollegeMississippi State&#8217;s remaining schedule<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7v\">Mississippi State is about to go through one of the toughest stretches in all of college football. The Bulldogs just got into the top 25, and if they can somehow go 2-1 over their next three games, they will likely be ranked in mid-to-low teens.<\/p>\n<p>Sept. 26 vs. No. 19 MissouriOct. 3 vs. No. 8 AlabamaOct. 17 at No. 10 LSUOct. 24 vs. OklahomaOct. 31 at No. 1 TexasNov. 7 vs. VanderbiltNov. 14 vs. AuburnNov. 21 vs. Tennessee TechNov. 27 at No. 4 Ole Miss<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow caneswarning.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=caneswarning.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" preventdefault:click=\"\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\" on:click=\"q-Q5J6J56g.js#s_lDqay9E5m5g[0]\" q:id=\"86\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami has received a lot of criticism for its schedule over the last week or so, but the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-411056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}