Miami moved up one spot to seventh in the Associated Press Top 25 and two places to ninth in the USA Today week five polls released on Sunday. Miami passed Missouri in both polls and Utah in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Seventh is the highest ranking for Miami in the AP Top 25 since October 4, 2020.
Miami received 1,139 points in the AP Top 25, solidly securing the seventh ranking nationally. Mississippi is sixth in the AP Top 25 with 1,269 points and Oregon is eighth with 1,073 points. Miami has 912 points in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Eighth through 11th is tight in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
Penn State is eighth in the USA Today Coaches Poll with 967 points, followed by Miami, Utah which is ranked 10th with 904 points and Missouri which fell three spots to 11th with 887 points. The fall from Missouri to 12th-ranked Michigan is over 100 points. Miami is the highest ranked team outside of the Big 10 or SEC…