The Miami football games against the Tigers and Hokies arguably should have been higher on the list. The papers in the Central and Northern part of Florida often have a bias towards Florida and Florida State. The Miami Hurricanes can often be a forgotten program.
The Miami football game against Florida State ranks as the second best game of 2018 amongst all the FBS teams in Florida, the LSU game is ninth and the Virginia Tech 11th.
The Times Matt Baker ranked and wrote the article. Baker’s self-proclaimed criteria for the list is “How important do I think this game will be, and how exciting is the matchup?