Miami defends the belt, 65–7, at home over Washington.
AP poll, week 14: Washington No. 12 at Miami No. 1 · No. 1 that week: Maryland. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Miami came in 414 days into reign #253, which began with a win over Florida State, with 16 defenses already behind it; this was its 17th defense. Miami went on to defend it 14 more times before Ohio State took it on January 3, 2003, 818 days after the reign began.
For Washington this was its 18th shot at the belt; it had held the belt 10 times before.
This is the only time Miami and Washington have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Miami defeated Washington 65-7 on November 25, 2001 in week 14 of the regular season. As the belt's defending holder, Miami retained the championship 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 213282390) · This game in the downloadable dataset