Miami defends the belt, 41–21, at home over Virginia Tech.
AP poll, week 11: Virginia Tech No. 2 at Miami No. 3 · No. 1 that week: Clemson. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Miami came in 28 days into reign #253, which began with a win over Florida State, with 2 defenses already behind it; this was its third defense. Miami went on to defend it 28 more times before Ohio State took it on January 3, 2003, 818 days after the reign began.
For Virginia Tech this was its 10th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt.
It was the first of 4 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Miami leads 4–0. Every meeting →
About this game
Miami hosted Virginia Tech on November 4, 2000, in week 11 of the regular season. Miami won 41-21 and retained 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 Game record: College Football Data (id 63580) · This game in the downloadable dataset