A recent thread on X sparked a debate between Miami and Florida State fans, all stemming from a hot take by an FSU fan: no Hurricanes team in program history could ever beat the 2013 national-champion Seminoles.
Just watched some tape… and yeah, that 2013 FSU beats any Miami team OAT and that’s not even the best FSU team all time…
— Atlanta Nole ud83cudf62 (@nole_atl) February 5, 2026
But every Miami fan has one team in the back of their mind; it is a squad so overwhelmingly dominant it’s become the gold standard of college football excellence: the 2001 Miami Hurricanes, an undefeated national champion widely regarded as one of the greatest teams in the history of college football.