The Miami Hurricanes and the Florida Gators open their seasons at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville on Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET (ABC/ESPN+). Below, we look at Miami vs. Florida odds from BetMGM Sportsbook before making our expert college football picks and predictions'later in the week.
Miami had a great transfer portal season, and look extremely talented on paper. Coach Mario Cristobal lured QB Cam Ward (Washington State) from the broken-up Pac-12, and he might be one of the more exciting signal callers in the ACC, if not the entire nation. They also added talented RB Damien Martinez (Oregon State), giving them a solid core of skill position players to go along with holdover WR Xavier Restrepo.
However, it isn’t all like The U in the 80’s, as the defense was a mess last season, and the team must replace 4 defensive backs from 2023. This team might be a little heavy up front, and susceptible to the pass downfield.
Florida was a disaster last season, and coach Billy Napier is starting to make Dan Mullen and Ron Zook look pretty good right about now. He is just 11-14 in 2 seasons in The Swamp, including just 5 wins a season ago. QB Graham Mertz was actually pretty solid, and Florida has talent on offense with RB Montrell Johnson and WR Eugene Wilson III.