Reign #253 of 335 · Miami’s 4th reign
Miami, 2000–2003
818Days held
31Defenses
#6Longest of 335
#2Most defended of 335
How it started
October 7, 2000
Took the belt from Florida State 27–24 at home on October 7, 2000.
Miami was No. 7 in the AP poll going into that game, Florida State was No. 1. While holding the belt: ranked in 38 of 38 poll weeks, best No. 1, 25 weeks at No. 1. The belt vs. the polls →
Head coach: Butch Davis · 1 reign started, 818 days with the belt.
Defenses
The belt on the line, 31 times
October 21, 2000 · at Temple 45–17DefendedOctober 28, 2000 · vs. Louisiana Tech 42–31DefendedNovember 4, 2000 · vs. Virginia Tech 41–21DefendedNovember 11, 2000 · vs. Pittsburgh 35–7DefendedNovember 18, 2000 · at Syracuse 26–0DefendedNovember 25, 2000 · vs. Boston College 52–6DefendedJanuary 2, 2001 · vs. Florida 37–20DefendedSeptember 1, 2001 · at Penn State 33–7DefendedSeptember 8, 2001 · vs. Rutgers 61–0DefendedSeptember 27, 2001 · at Pittsburgh 43–21DefendedOctober 6, 2001 · vs. Troy 38–7DefendedOctober 13, 2001 · at Florida State 49–27DefendedOctober 25, 2001 · vs. West Virginia 45–3DefendedNovember 3, 2001 · vs. Temple 38–0DefendedNovember 10, 2001 · at Boston College 18–7DefendedNovember 17, 2001 · vs. Syracuse 59–0DefendedNovember 25, 2001 · vs. Washington 65–7DefendedDecember 1, 2001 · at Virginia Tech 26–24DefendedJanuary 3, 2002 · vs. Nebraska 37–14DefendedAugust 31, 2002 · vs. Florida A&M 63–17DefendedSeptember 7, 2002 · at Florida 41–16DefendedSeptember 14, 2002 · at Temple 44–21DefendedSeptember 21, 2002 · vs. Boston College 38–6DefendedOctober 5, 2002 · vs. UConn 48–14DefendedOctober 12, 2002 · vs. Florida State 28–27DefendedOctober 26, 2002 · at West Virginia 40–23DefendedNovember 2, 2002 · at Rutgers 42–17DefendedNovember 9, 2002 · at Tennessee 26–3DefendedNovember 22, 2002 · vs. Pittsburgh 28–21DefendedNovember 30, 2002 · at Syracuse 49–7DefendedDecember 7, 2002 · vs. Virginia Tech 56–45Defended
How it ended
January 3, 2003
Lost the belt to Ohio State 24–31 at a neutral site on January 3, 2003, after 818 days.