The 2025 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hurricanes were led by Mario Cristobal in his fourth year as head coach. Their home games were played at Hard Rock Stadium located in Miami Gardens, Florida.
This season marked the 100th anniversary of Miami Hurricanes football. Led by former Georgia quarterback Carson Beck, the team started 5âÂÂ0 for the second consecutive year and ranked No. 2 in the polls before being upset by Louisville. After a 26âÂÂ20 overtime loss to SMU, which fell the Hurricanes down to No. 18 in the polls, they closed the regular season with four consecutive wins. The team finished with a 10âÂÂ2 regular season record, and 6âÂÂ2 in ACC play, finishing second in a five-way tie for No. 2 in the ACC, only behind the eventual ACC champion Duke. They were selected for the 2025âÂÂ26 College Football Playoff and were selected as the No. 10 seed in the final rankings.
Miami started their playoff run by defeating No. 7 Texas A&M 10âÂÂ3, aided with a game-ending interception from Bryce Fitzgerald. Then, they upset the defending national champions, the Ohio State Buckeyes at the Cotton Bowl, as a 9.5-point underdog, winning 24âÂÂ14. This was MiamiâÂÂs first victory in a major bowl game since the 2004 Orange Bowl. They then advanced to the Fiesta Bowl against Ole Miss, where they won 31âÂÂ27, thanks to Carson Beck's 3-yard touchdown scramble in the waning moments of the game. Miami advanced to the College Football Playoff National Championship against Indiana, where they lost in their first championship appearance since the 2002 season. Miami was the first team to play for the national championship in their home stadium since they themselves did it during the 1995 Orange Bowl, and the first since the creation of the national championship game as a game separated from the bowl system.
The Miami Hurricanes drew an average home attendance of 63,834, the 25th-highest of all college football teams.