MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — – Miami played its final home game of the season on Saturday. That is, unless the College Football Playoff committee says otherwise.<\/p>\n
Carson Beck<\/a> passed for 291 yards and three touchdowns, two of them to Malachi Toney<\/a>, and No. 16 Miami – looking to climb in the CFP rankings – rolled past N.C. State 41-7 on Saturday.<\/p>\n Beck completed his final 13 throws to cap off a 21-for-27 day for the Hurricanes (8-2, 4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference). Miami now has five wins by at least 25 points this season, the most in a single year by the Hurricanes since the 2002 team had six such victories.<\/p>\n “Turn on the tape,” defensive lineman Ahkeem Mesidor said. “Look at us when we play.”<\/p>\n There will be at least two CFP playoff games on Miami’s home field this season; one is the Orange Bowl on Jan. 1, and the other is the CFP title game on Jan. 19. And the Hurricanes hope a win like Saturday’s is enough to keep giving them a chance of getting into that 12-team tournament.<\/p>\n Jakobe Thomas<\/a> picked off two passes in the first quarter, running one of them back for a touchdown for Miami. And Girard Pringle Jr<\/a>. more than doubled his season rushing total for the Hurricanes; he ran for 116 yards on Saturday, one more than he had in his first four games of the year.<\/p>\n Miami took a 41-0 lead before substituting liberally in the fourth quarter on Senior Day, the last regular-season home game for the Hurricanes. Miami outgained N.C. State 581-149; the Wolfpack had been No. 2 in total offense in ACC games entering Saturday, averaging 454 yards per game.<\/p>\n Taking away a one-play drive to end the first half, eight of N.C. State’s first 10 drives ended with either a punt or an interception.<\/p>\n “The highlight of our night was our punter, which is sad to say, but Caden Fordham<\/a> did a tremendous job,” N.C. State coach Dave Doeren said. “Otherwise, offense and defense weren’t good enough.”<\/p>\n CJ Bailey<\/a> completed 17 of 30 passes for 120 yards for N.C. State (5-5, 2-4). The Wolfpack – with Miami playing reserves on defense at the time – got on the scoreboard on a rushing touchdown from Bailey with 2:18 left. That extended N.C. State’s streak of not getting shut out to 144 games; its last time being blanked was Oct. 4, 2014.<\/p>\n Miami was 15th in this week’s CFP ranking, the highest of any ACC team. The Hurricanes likely would expect to move up after Saturday.<\/p>\n “The way you play the game, it screams, right? Loudly,” Miami coach Mario Cristobal said.<\/p>\n The takeaway<\/p>\n N.C. State: The Wolfpack have now allowed 36 or more points in four consecutive games, the first time the program has done that since a four-game stretch late in the 2013 season against Duke, Boston College, East Carolina and Maryland.<\/p>\n Miami: The Hurricanes finished their eight-game home schedule with 510,673 tickets distributed, a Miami single-season record. The average of 63,834 per game is the second-most in program history; the Hurricanes averaged 69,539 in the 2002 season.<\/p>\n Up next<\/p>\n N.C. State: Hosts Florida State on Friday.<\/p>\n Miami: At Virginia Tech on Nov. 22.<\/p>\n ——<\/p>\n Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here<\/a> and here<\/a> (AP News mobile app). AP college football: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ap-top-25-college-football-poll<\/a> and https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/college-football<\/a>br\/]<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2025 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — – Miami played its final home game of the season on Saturday. 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