Expectations are high for the Hurricanes this season, and that was reflected in the preseason Associated Press poll, which was released Monday.
Miami was ranked No. 19 in the nation in the preseason poll after ending last year unranked. The Hurricanes are also ranked 19th in the preseason coaches poll.
Three other Atlantic Coast Conference teams are also ranked to start the season: No. 10 Florida State, No. 14 Clemson and No. 24 North Carolina State. The Hurricanes play only one of those teams: FSU.
Two other teams on Miami’s schedule, Louisville and Virginia Tech, were the top vote-getters outside the Top 25.
Miami went 7-6 last season, including 3-5 in the ACC. With the addition of star quarterback Cam Ward, who was named the ACC Preseason Player of the Year, and other high-profile transfers, the Hurricanes’ fortunes are expected to dramatically change.
Here is the complete preseason AP poll:
1. Georgia (46)
.2. Ohio State (15)
3. Oregon (1)
4. Texas
5. Alabama
6. Ole Miss
7. Notre Dame
8. Penn State
9. Michigan
10. Florida State
11. Missouri
12. Utah
13. LSU
14. Clemson
15. Tennessee
16. Oklahoma
17. Oklahoma State
18. Kansas State
19. Miami
20. Texas A&M
21. Arizona
22. Kansas
23. USC
24. North Carolina State
25. Iowa
In parenthesis are the number of first-place votes.
