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Miami wide receiver Malachi Toney (1) warms up before a game against the Florida State Seminoles | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
Miami (6-0, 4-0 ACC) is the highest-ranked unbeaten team left after a 43-35 double-overtime win over Florida State on Saturday night at Hard Rock Stadium. Quarterback Darian Mensah threw for 326 yards and three touchdowns. Wide receiver Malachi Toney caught the 3-yard winner in the second overtime<\/a> and then threw the 2-point conversion to Cooper Barkate.<\/p>\n Toney finished with 11 catches for 154 yards and two scores. Safety Bryce Fitzgerald ended the game with an interception on the final play. Florida State fell to 3-4 under embattled coach Mike Norvell<\/a>, and the rivalry game was the Hurricanes\u2019 first one-score finish of the season.<\/p>\n Coach Mario Cristobal\u2019s team won 41-13 at Clemson on Oct. 3 and handled road trips to Stanford and Wake Forest. Miami also played Indiana for the national championship in January.<\/p>\n Can Ohio State survive without Sayin? Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin (10) leaves the field in a sling following the 19-15 win over the Indiana Hoosiers | USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n Ohio State (6-1, 4-0 Big Ten) owns the best win in the country after a 19-15 victory at Indiana ended the defending national champion\u2019s 22-game winning streak. Quarterback Julian Sayin hit Jeremiah Smith for a 38-yard touchdown on fourth down early in the fourth quarter. The Buckeyes held on when Nick Marsh\u2019s left foot came down out of bounds on what would have been Indiana\u2019s go-ahead score with 1:02 left.<\/p>\n \u201cOur guys never flinched,\u201d coach Ryan Day said after the game<\/a>. \u201cThey had a different look in their eye.\u201d<\/p>\n The win cost Ohio State its quarterback. Day said Sayin, who entered the week as the Big Ten\u2019s No. 1 quarterback<\/a>, will miss \u201cseveral weeks\u201d with a throwing shoulder injury<\/a>. True freshman Luke Fahey will start in his place. The Buckeyes also carry a 24-23 loss at Texas from Week 2, and that loss looks worse now that the Longhorns have dropped games to Oklahoma and Florida.<\/p>\n BYU\u2019s case after beating Notre Dame Brigham Young Cougars quarterback Bear Bachmeier (47) passes against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n BYU (6-0) produced the biggest result of Week 7 with a 28-24 win over No. 2 Notre Dame in Provo. Quarterback Bear Bachmeier ran for two touchdowns and caught another on a double pass. He then threw the go-ahead 6-yard score to Walker Lyons with 1:47 left, and BYU\u2019s defense stopped the Fighting Irish\u2019s final drive at the 4-yard line.<\/p>\n The win carries extra weight because Notre Dame arrived having won 18 straight games by 10 points or more<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re going to stay humble and hungry<\/a> and keep working,\u201d coach Kalani Sitake said.<\/p>\n The rest of BYU\u2019s r\u00e9sum\u00e9 is thinner. Before Saturday, the Cougars had beaten Utah Tech, Arizona, Colorado State, TCU and Iowa State, and the TCU game end 17-10.<\/p>\n Who deserves to be No. 1? Miami head coach Mario Cristobal celebrates after defeating the Florida State Seminoles | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n Miami should be No. 1 entering Week 8. Ohio State has the best win of the three, but it also has a loss to a Texas team that now has two defeats. The Buckeyes will also play their next stretch with a freshman at quarterback, and voters should rank the team that takes the field next, not the one that beat Indiana with Sayin.<\/p>\n BYU\u2019s win over Notre Dame is the strongest single result on any of the three r\u00e9sum\u00e9s. Still, it\u2019s one game. Miami has outscored six opponents 291-84 and won by 28 points at Clemson.<\/p>\n The Hurricanes also get a chance to settle the debate on Nov. 7 at Notre Dame, the team BYU just beat. Until then, BYU belongs at No. 2, and Ohio State belongs at No. 3 until Fahey shows the offense can function without Sayin.<\/p>\n![\"Buckeyes](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/01m56j6e6tjrnn18fvj7.jpg\" "\\"Buckeyes")
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