ESPN put out its Football Power Index projections for every team, and it likes what Miami has on the schedule.
The Hurricanes have a better than 50 percent chance to win every game, according to ESPN’s calculations.
That includes a neutral-site opener against LSU, home game against Florida State, and a pair of tough roadies in November, at Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech.
But the Hurricanes have a 15.7 percent chance of winning the ACC, and a projected record of 9.5 wins and 3.0 losses, according to the website.
UM, which finished 10-3 last season and lost in the Orange Bowl, is ranked 14th in ESPN’s spring rankings (which, we assume, will change by the start of the season).
Incidentally, LSU, 9-4 last year, were on Friday moved from a 1-point underdog against UM to a 2.5 point favorite by offshore betting site 5Dimes.
VegasInsider considers UM a 28-to-1 shot to win the national championship, tied for 11th-best among all teams.
ESPN’s game-by-game projections:
LSU, Sept. 2 (Arlington, Texas): 65.7 percent chance to win
Savannah State, Sept. 8: 99.9
at Toledo, Sept. 15: 88.1
Florida International, Sept. 22: 98.3
North Carolina, Sept. 27: 85.3
Florida State, Oct. 6: 68.3
at Virginia, Oct. 13: 85.8
at Boston College, Oct. 26: 62.5
vs. Duke, Nov. 3: 79.0
at Georgia Tech, Nov. 10: 57.1
at Virginia Tech, Nov. 17: 54.1
Pittsburgh, Nov. 24: 89.5
The Hurricanes have a better than 50 percent chance to win every game, according to ESPN’s calculations.
That includes a neutral-site opener against LSU, home game against Florida State, and a pair of tough roadies in November, at Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech.
But the Hurricanes have a 15.7 percent chance of winning the ACC, and a projected record of 9.5 wins and 3.0 losses, according to the website.
UM, which finished 10-3 last season and lost in the Orange Bowl, is ranked 14th in ESPN’s spring rankings (which, we assume, will change by the start of the season).
Incidentally, LSU, 9-4 last year, were on Friday moved from a 1-point underdog against UM to a 2.5 point favorite by offshore betting site 5Dimes.
VegasInsider considers UM a 28-to-1 shot to win the national championship, tied for 11th-best among all teams.
ESPN’s game-by-game projections:
LSU, Sept. 2 (Arlington, Texas): 65.7 percent chance to win
Savannah State, Sept. 8: 99.9
at Toledo, Sept. 15: 88.1
Florida International, Sept. 22: 98.3
North Carolina, Sept. 27: 85.3
Florida State, Oct. 6: 68.3
at Virginia, Oct. 13: 85.8
at Boston College, Oct. 26: 62.5
vs. Duke, Nov. 3: 79.0
at Georgia Tech, Nov. 10: 57.1
at Virginia Tech, Nov. 17: 54.1
Pittsburgh, Nov. 24: 89.5
