Miami defends the belt, 38–7, at home over Troy.
AP poll, week 7: Troy unranked at Miami No. 1 · No. 1 that week: Maryland. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Miami came in 364 days into reign #253, which began with a win over Florida State, with 10 defenses already behind it; this was its 11th defense. Miami went on to defend it 20 more times before Ohio State took it on January 3, 2003, 818 days after the reign began.
For Troy this was its first shot at the belt; it had never held the belt. It still hasn’t: 4 attempts in all, every one of them a loss or a tie.
This is the only time Miami and Troy have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
On October 6, 2001, Miami defeated Troy 38-7 at home in a Week 7 regular season matchup. As the belt's defending champion, Miami retained the belt with the victory.
Written by Claude, strictly from this site’s own record of the game — the score and what it meant for the belt. CFBD doesn’t have a box score for games this old, so nothing here is invented beyond what’s verifiably on file.
Sources Box score at ESPN · Game record: College Football Data (id 212792390) · This game in the downloadable dataset