The Hurricanes' loss means a team in the AP Top 2 has fallen for a fifth straight week, tying 2007 for the longest such stretch on record.
College football's top of the polls keeps collapsing on schedule. Notre Dame knocked off Miami, ending the Hurricanes' undefeated season and extending a streak that now stretches five consecutive weeks with a top two AP team losing.
The run started on October 10 when Texas fell to Oklahoma. It kept going the following week when both Georgia and Notre Dame lost. BYU was next, then Ohio State lost last week, and now Miami has joined the list. That ties 2007 for the longest such streak in AP Poll history.
The result also validated an outside prediction, with Jason Sudeikis having guaranteed a Notre Dame win over Miami before kickoff.
With the number one team in the country losing yet again, the sport's power rankings are in flux heading into the new AP Top 25, due out Sunday afternoon. Expect plenty of movement at the top as voters try to sort out a season that keeps refusing to settle into any kind of order.