Miami defends the belt, 35–7, at home over Pittsburgh.
AP poll, week 12: Pittsburgh unranked at Miami No. 2 · No. 1 that week: Clemson. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Miami came in 35 days into reign #253, which began with a win over Florida State, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. Miami went on to defend it 27 more times before Ohio State took it on January 3, 2003, 818 days after the reign began.
For Pittsburgh this was its 8th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.
It was the first of 4 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time Miami leads 3–1. Every meeting →
About this game
On November 11, 2000, Miami defeated Pittsburgh 35-7 at home in week 12 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 Game record: College Football Data (id 63633) · This game in the downloadable dataset