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Carson Beck — coming off the first four-interception game of his career in last week's loss to Louisville — completed 21 of 28 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown to CJ Daniels for Miami (6-1, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), while Jordan Lyle and Girard Pringle Jr. also ran for touchdowns.
The Stanford Cardinal (3-4, 2-2 ACC) and No. 9 Miami Hurricanes (5-1, 1-1) meet Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET (ESPN). Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's NCAA football odds around the Stanford vs. Miami odds and make our expert college football picks and predictions for the best bets.
After Miami missed a 44-yard field goal attempt on its opening possession, Stanford drove 69 yards for a touchdown. Cole Tabb, coming off an 118-yard game against Florida State, converted on fourth-and-1 from midfield, and Ben Gulbranson, who started after injuring his knee against the Seminoles, completed a 9-yard touchdown pass to Caden High.
Stanford will also be without safety Mitch Leigber for the first half of the matchup, after the senior was flagged for a targeting penalty on FSU quarterback Tommy Castellanos late in the fourth quarter. The hit knocked Castellanos out of the game, and with the Seminoles on a bye this week, the hope is to get him healed up before their next game.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Running back Mark Fletcher Jr. ran for 106 yards and powered through for three touchdowns — the first three-score game of his college career — as No. 9 Miami bounced back from its first loss of the season with a 42-7 win over Stanford on Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium.
The Stanford Cardinal is a 30.5-point underdog against No. 9 Miami on Saturday, the largest spread since the 2007 team shocked USC .
It was a game-time decision for the Miami Hurricanes defensive edge rusher Akheem Mesidor, and it is now settled that he will be out against Stanford. Mesidor went through warmups, not the usual ones that the edge rushers go through.
Here's what to know on Miami football's "Honor and Support" military uniform for the Hurricanes' Week 9 game against Stanford.