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Nick Saban Picks the Miami Hurricanes Over Everybody

Nick Saban, the six-time national champion and college football’s most respected voice, publicly endorsed the Miami Hurricanes as the best team in the country during a live *College GameDay* broadcast. Joining Pat McAfee and the crew in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Saban backed up Kirk Herbstreit’s assertion that Miami—despite missing from the show’s lineup—leads the FBS.

The Hurricanes’ dominance is backed by numbers: they rank third in scoring offense (49.6 points per game) and lead the nation in scoring defense while allowing the fewest rushing yards (116). Quarterback Darian Mensah has been unstoppable, boasting an 84.2% completion rate, 1,438 passing yards, 15 touchdowns, and zero interceptions through the season’s early stretch.

Defensively, the Hurricanes have filled the void left by departed stars with a rotation of edge rushers—Marquise Lightfoot, Armondo Blount, Damon Wilson II, and Herbert Scroggins III—each contributing at least one sack. Saban’s endorsement carries extra weight given his history with Miami’s head coach, Mario Cristobal, whom he mentored as an assistant from 2013 to 2016.

Last season, Saban predicted the Hurricanes would be a playoff threat even after losses to Louisville and SMU, and they delivered, reaching the national championship game before falling short.

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