The Miami Hurricanes were ranked at No. 16 in the USA TODAY Sports AFCA football coaches poll, which was released Tuesday afternoon.
The pool is conducted weekly during the regular season, using a panel of 65 head coaches at Football Bowl Subdivision schools.
The Hurricanes, who weren’t ranked in the top-25 in last year’s preseason coaches poll, ranked as high as No. 7 in the poll last year after starting the season 3-0.
They finished the 2020 season ranked No. 22 after back-to-back losses to North Carolina and Oklahoma State to finish the year 8-3.
Miami’s ranking in the coaches poll is the third-best among Atlantic Coast Conference programs, behind UNC (No.