Miami defends the belt, 37–20, at a neutral site over Florida.
AP poll, week 16: Florida No. 7 at Miami No. 2 · No. 1 that week: Clemson. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Miami came in 87 days into reign #253, which began with a win over Florida State, with 6 defenses already behind it; this was its 7th defense. Miami went on to defend it 24 more times before Ohio State took it on January 3, 2003, 818 days after the reign began.
For Florida this was its 14th shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before.
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 defended the belt on January 2, 2001, defeating Florida 37-20 at a neutral site in a postseason matchup. With the victory, Miami retained the lineal championship.
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 63768) · This game in the downloadable dataset