Miami defends the belt, 26–24, on the road at Virginia Tech.
AP poll, week 15: Miami No. 1 at Virginia Tech No. 14 · No. 1 that week: Maryland. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Miami came in 420 days into reign #253, which began with a win over Florida State, with 17 defenses already behind it; this was its 18th defense. Miami went on to defend it 13 more times before Ohio State took it on January 3, 2003, 818 days after the reign began.
For Virginia Tech this was its 11th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the 2nd of 4 belt games between the two; going in, Miami led the belt series 1–0; all-time Miami leads 4–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Miami visited Virginia Tech on December 1, 2001, in week 15 of the regular season. Miami won 26-24, maintaining their hold on the belt.
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 213350259) · This game in the downloadable dataset