Playoff Semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl: Miami vs. Ole Miss

Playoff Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl

Thursday, January 8, 2026 | 7:30 p.m. ET No. 10 Seed Miami vs. No. 6 Seed Ole Miss State Farm Stadium | Glendale, Arizona

No. 6 seed Ole Miss will face No. 10 seed Miami on Thursday, January 8 at 7:30 p.m. ET. The game will be televised by ESPN.

Both squads are making their debut run in the College Football Playoff. Ole Miss advanced to the Playoff Semifinals after a 41-10 first-round victory vs. No. 11 Tulane and a 39-34 win against No. 3 Georgia in the Playoff Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Miami will appear in the Playoff Semifinals following a 10-3 first-round win at No. 7 Texas A&M and a 24-14 upset over No. 2 Ohio State in the Playoff Quarterfinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.

Ole Miss leads the series 2-1 overall. The squads last met in 1951, where the Canes posted a 20-7 win over the Rebels.

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NO. 10 SEED MIAMI

NO. 6 SEED OLE MISS

ABOUT THE HURRICANES
Roster \| Coaches \| Schedule and Results \| Stats Record: 12-2 Overall, 6-2 ACC Game Notes \| Media Guide

2025-26 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
Date	Opponent	Score
Aug. 31	Notre Dame	W 27-24
Sept. 6	Bethune-Cookman	W 45-3
Sept. 13	USF	W 49-12
Sept. 20	Florida	W 26-7
Oct. 4	at Florida State	W 28-22
Oct. 17	Louisville	L 21-24
Oct. 25	Stanford	W 42-7
Nov. 1	at SMU	L 20-26 (OT)
Nov. 8	Syracuse	W 38-10
Nov. 15	NC State	W 41-7
Nov. 22	at Virginia Tech	W 34-17
Nov. 29	at Pittsburgh	W 38-7
Dec. 20	at Texas A&M	W 10-3
Dec. 31	vs. Ohio State	W 24-14
Jan. 8	vs. Ole Miss	TBD

MEDIA COVERAGE
Official Site: MiamiHurricanes.com \| Football \| CFP Central Conference Site: TheACC.com \| Football

MIAMI IN THE POSTSEASON (22-24)
Date	Bowl	Opponent	Score
Jan. 1, 1926	Rose	Washington	W 20-19
Jan. 1, 1933	Palm Festival	Manhattan	W 7-0
Jan. 1, 1934	Palm Festival	Duquesne	L 7-33
Jan. 1, 1935	Orange	Bucknell	L 0-26
Jan. 1, 1946	Orange	Holy Cross	W 13-6
Jan. 1, 1951	Orange	Clemson	L 14-15
Jan. 2, 1952	Gator	Clemson	W 14-0
Dec. 16, 1961	Liberty	Syracuse	L 14-15
Dec. 15, 1962	Gotham	Nebraska	L 34-35
Dec. 10, 1966	Liberty	Virginia Tech	W 14-7
Dec. 23, 1967	Bluebonnet	Colorado	L 21-31
Jan. 2, 1981	Peach	Virginia Tech	W 20-10
Jan. 2, 1984	Orange	Nebraska	W 31-30
Jan. 1, 1985	Fiesta	UCLA	L 37-39
Jan. 1, 1986	Sugar	Tennessee	L 7-35
Jan. 2, 1987	Fiesta	Penn State	L 10-14
Jan. 1, 1988	Orange	Oklahoma	W 20-14
Jan. 2, 1989	Orange	Nebraska	W 23-3
Jan. 1, 1990	Sugar	Alabama	W 33-25
Jan. 1, 1991	Cotton	Texas	W 46-3
Jan. 1, 1992	Orange	Nebraska	W 22-0
Jan. 1, 1993	Sugar	Alabama	L 13-34
Jan. 1, 1994	Fiesta	Arizona	L 0-29
Jan. 1, 1995	Orange	Nebraska	L 17-24
Dec. 27, 1996	Carquest	Virginia	W 31-21
Dec. 29, 1998	Micron PC	NC State	W 46-23
Jan. 1, 2000	Gator	Georgia Tech	W 28-13
Jan. 2, 2001	Sugar	Florida	W 37-20
Jan. 3, 2002	Rose	Nebraska	W 37-14
Jan. 3, 2003	Fiesta	Ohio State	L 24-31 (2OT)
Jan. 2, 2004	Orange	Florida State	W 16-14
Dec. 31, 2004	Peach	Florida	W 27-10
Dec. 30, 2005	Peach	LSU	L 3-40
Dec. 31, 2006	MPC Computers	Nevada	W 21-20
Dec. 27, 2008	Emerald	California	L 17-24
Dec. 29, 2009	Champs Sports	Wisconsin	L 14-20
Dec. 31, 2010	Sun	Notre Dame	L 17-33
Dec. 28, 2013	Russell Athletic	Louisville	L 9-36
Dec. 27, 2014	Independence	South Carolina	L 21-24
Dec. 26, 2015	Sun	Washington State	L 14-20
Dec. 28, 2016	Russell Athletic	West Virginia	W 31-14
Dec. 30, 2017	Capital One Orange	Wisconsin	L 24-34
Dec. 27, 2018	New Era Pinstripe	Wisconsin	L 3-35
Dec. 26, 2019	Independence	Louisiana Tech	L 0-14
Dec. 29, 2020	Cheez-It	Oklahoma State	L 34-37
Dec. 28, 2023	Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe	Rutgers	L 24-31
Dec. 28, 2024	Pop-Tarts	Iowa State	L 41-42
Dec. 20, 2025	CFP First Round	at Texas A&M	W 10-3
Dec. 31, 2025	Playoff Quarterfinal at the Cotton	vs. Ohio State	W 24-14
Jan. 8, 2026	Playoff Semifinal at the Fiesta	vs. Ole Miss	TBD

ABOUT THE REBELS
Roster \| Coaches \| Schedule and Results \| Stats Record: 13-1 Overall, 7-1 SEC Game Notes \| Media Guide

2025-26 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
Date	Opponent	Score
Aug. 30	Georgia State	W 63-7
Sept. 6	at Kentucky	W 30-23
Sept. 13	Arkansas	W 41-35
Sept. 20	Tulane	W 45-10
Sept. 27	LSU	W 24-19
Oct. 11	Washington State	W 24-21
Oct. 18	at Georgia	L 35-43
Oct. 25	at Oklahoma	W 34-26
Nov. 1	South Carolina	W 30-14
Nov. 8	The Citadel	W 49-0
Nov. 15	Florida	W 34-24
Nov. 28	at Mississippi State	W 38-19
Dec. 20	vs. Tulane	W 41-10
Jan. 1	vs. Georgia	W 39-24
Jan. 8	vs. Miami	TBD

MEDIA COVERAGE
Official Site: OleMissSports.com \| Football \| CFP Central Conference Site: SECSports.com \| Football

OLE MISS IN THE POSTSEASON (28-15)
Date	Bowl	Opponent	Score
Jan. 1, 1936	Orange	Catholic U	L 19-20
Jan. 1, 1948	Delta	TCU	W 13-9
Jan. 1, 1953	Sugar	Georgia Tech	L 7-24
Jan. 1, 1955	Sugar	Navy	L 0-21
Jan. 2, 1956	Cotton	TCU	W 14-13
Jan. 1, 1958	Sugar	Texas	W 39-7
Dec. 27, 1958	Gator	Florida	W 7-3
Jan. 1, 1960	Sugar	LSU	W 21-0
Jan. 2, 1961	Sugar	Rice	W 14-6
Jan. 1, 1962	Cotton	Texas	L 7-12
Jan. 1, 1963	Sugar	Arkansas	W 17-13
Jan. 1, 1964	Sugar	Alabama	L 7-12
Dec. 19, 1964	Bluebonnet	Tulsa	L 7-14
Dec. 18, 1965	Liberty	Auburn	W 13-7
Dec. 17, 1966	Bluebonnet	Texas	L 0-19
Dec. 30, 1967	Sun	UTEP	L 7-14
Dec. 14, 1968	Liberty	Virginia Tech	W 34-17
Jan. 1, 1970	Sugar	Arkansas	W 27-22
Jan. 2, 1971	Gator	Auburn	L 28-35
Dec. 30, 1971	Peach	Georgia Tech	W 41-18
Dec. 10, 1983	Independence	Air Force	L 3-9
Dec. 20, 1986	Independence	Texas Tech	W 20-17
Dec. 28, 1989	Liberty	Air Force	W 42-29
Jan. 1, 1991	Gator	Michigan	L 3-35
Dec. 31, 1992	Liberty	Air Force	W 13-0
Dec. 26, 1997	Motor City	Marshall	W 34-31
Dec. 31, 1998	Independence	Texas Tech	W 35-18
Dec. 31, 1999	Independence	Oklahoma	W 27-25
Dec. 28, 2000	Music City	West Virginia	L 38-49
Dec. 27, 2002	Independence	Nebraska	W 27-23
Jan. 2, 2004	Cotton	Oklahoma State	W 31-28
Jan. 2, 2009	Cotton	Texas Tech	W 47-34
Jan. 2, 2010	Cotton	Oklahoma State	W 21-7
Jan. 5, 2013	BBVA Compass*	Pittsburgh	W 38-17
Dec. 30, 2013	Music City	Georgia Tech	W 25-17
Dec. 31, 2014	Peach	TCU	L 3-42
Jan. 1, 2016	Sugar	Oklahoma State	W 48-20
Jan. 2, 2021	Outback	Indiana	W 26-20
Jan. 1, 2022	Sugar	Baylor	L 7-21
Dec. 28, 2022	Texas	Texas Tech	L 25-42
Dec. 30, 2023	Peach	Penn State	W 38-25
Jan. 2, 2025	Gator	Duke	W 52-20
Dec. 20, 2025	CFP First Round	Tulane	W 41-10
Jan. 1, 2026	Playoff Quarterfinal at the Sugar	vs. Georgia	W 39-34
Jan. 8, 2026	Playoff Semifinal at the Fiesta	vs. Miami	TBD

ALL-TIME FIESTA BOWL RESULTS

DATE	SCORE	ATTENDANCE	PLAYER(S) OF THE GAME
December 31, 2024^	Penn State 31 Boise State 14	63,854	Tyler Warren, Penn State Zakee Wheatley, Penn State
January 1, 2024	Oregon 45 Liberty 6	47,769	Bo Nix, Oregon Jeffrey Bassa, Oregon
December 31, 2022~	TCU 51 Michigan 45	71,723	Quentin Johnston, TCU Dee Winters, TCU
January 1, 2022	Oklahoma State 37 Notre Dame 35	49,550	Spencer Sanders, Oklahoma State Malcolm Rodriguez, Oklahoma State
January 2, 2021	Iowa State 34 Oregon 17	N/A	Brock Purdy, Iowa State Mike Rose, Iowa State
December 28, 2019~	Clemson 29 Ohio State 23	71,330	Trevor Lawrence, Clemson Chad Smith, Clemson
January 1, 2019	LSU 40 UCF 32	57,246	Joe Burrow, LSU Rashard Lawrence, LSU
December 30, 2017	Penn State 35 Washington 28	61,842	Trace McSorley, Penn State Marcus Allen, Penn State
December 31, 2016~	Clemson 31 Ohio State 0	71,279	Deshaun Watson, Clemson Clelin Ferrell, Clemson
January 1, 2016	Notre Dame 28 Ohio State 44	76,196	J.T. Barrett, Ohio State Eli Apple, Ohio State
December 31, 2014	Boise State 38 Arizona 30	66,896	Thomas Sperbeck, Boise State Tanner Vallejo, Boise State
January 1, 2014	UCF 52 Baylor 42	65,172	Blake Bortles, UCF Terrance Plummer, UCF
January 3, 2013	Oregon 35 Kansas State 17	70,242	Marcus Mariota, Oregon Michael Clay, Oregon
January 2, 2012	Oklahoma State 41 Stanford 38 (OT)	69,927	Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State Justin Gilbert, Oklahoma State
January 1, 2011	Oklahoma 48 Connecticut 20	67,232	Landry Jones, Oklahoma Jamell Fleming, Oklahoma
January 4, 2010	Boise State 17 TCU 10	73,227	Kyle Efaw, Boise State Brandyn Thompson, Boise State
January 5, 2009	Texas 24 Ohio State 21	72,047	Colt McCoy, Texas Roy Miller, Texas
January 2, 2008	West Virginia 48 Oklahoma 28	70,016	Patrick White, West Virginia Reed Williams, West Virginia
January 1, 2007	Boise State 43 Oklahoma 42 (OT)	73,719	Jared Zabransky, Boise State Marty Tadman, Boise State
January 2, 2006	Ohio State 34 Notre Dame 20	76,196	Troy Smith, Ohio State A.J. Hawk, Ohio State
January 1, 2005	Utah 35 Pittsburgh 7	73,519	Alex Smith/Paris Warren, Utah Steve Fifita, Utah
January 2, 2004	Ohio State 35 Kansas State 28	73,425	Craig Krenzel, Ohio State A.J. Hawk, Ohio State
January 3, 2003#	Ohio State 31 Miami 24 (2OT)	77,502	Craig Krenzel, Ohio State Michael Doss, Ohio State
January 1, 2002	Oregon 38 Colorado 16	74,118	Joey Harrington, Oregon Steve Smith, Oregon
January 1, 2001	Oregon State 41 Notre Dame 9	75,428	Jonathan Smith, Oregon State Darnell Robinson, Oregon State
January 2, 2000	Nebraska 31 Tennessee 21	71,526	Eric Crouch, Nebraska Mike Brown, Nebraska
January 4, 1999#	Tennessee 23 Florida State 16	80,470	Peerless Price, Tennessee Dwayne Goodrich, Tennessee
December 31, 1997	Kansas State 35 Syracuse 18	69,367	Michael Bishop, Kansas State Travis Ochs, Kansas State
January 1, 1997	Penn State 38 Texas 15	65,106	Curtis Enis, Penn State Brandon Noble, Penn State
January 2, 1995	Colorado 41 Notre Dame 24	73,968	Kordell Stewart, Colorado Shannon Clavelle, Colorado
January 1, 1994	Arizona 29 Miami 0	72,260	Chuck Levy, Arizona Tedy Bruschi, Arizona
January 1, 1993	Syracuse 26 Colorado 22	70,224	Marvin Graves, Syracuse Kevin Mitchell, Syracuse
January 1, 1992	Penn State 42 Tennessee 17	71,133	O.J. McDuffie, Penn State Reggie Givens, Penn State
January 1, 1991	Louisville 34 Alabama 7	69,098	Browning Nagle, Louisville Roy Buchanan, Louisville
January 1, 1990	Florida State 41 Nebraska 17	73,953	Peter Tom Willis, Florida State Odell Haggins, Florida State
January 2, 1989	Notre Dame 34 West Virginia 21	74,911	Tony Rice, Notre Dame Frank Stams, Notre Dame
January 1, 1988	Florida State 31 Nebraska 28	72,112	Danny McManus, Florida State Neil Smith, Nebraska
January 2, 1987	Penn State 14 Miami 10	73,098	D.J. Dozier, Penn State Shane Conlan, Penn State
January 1, 1986	Michigan 27 Nebraska 23	72,454	Jamie Morris, Michigan Mark Messner, Michigan
January 1, 1985	UCLA 39 Miami 37	60,310	Gaston Green, UCLA James Washington, UCLA
January 2, 1984	Ohio State 28 Pittsburgh 23	66,484	John Congemi, Pittsburgh Rowland Tatum, Ohio State
January 1, 1983	Arizona State 32 Oklahoma 21	70,553	Marcus Dupree, Oklahoma Jim Jeffcoat, Arizona State
January 1, 1982	Penn State 26 USC 10	71,053	Curt Warner, Penn State Leo Wisniewski, Penn State
December 26, 1980	Penn State 31 Ohio State 19	66,738	Curt Warner, Penn State Frank Case, Penn State
December 25, 1979	Pittsburgh 16 Arizona 10	55,347	Mark Schubert, Pittsburgh Dave Liggins, Arizona
December 25, 1976	UCLA 10 Arkansas 10	55,227	James Owens, UCLA Jimmy Walker, Arkansas
December 25, 1977	Penn State 42 Arizona State 30	57,727	Dennis Sproul, Arizona State Matt Millen, Penn State
December 25, 1976	Oklahoma 41 Wyoming 7	48,714	Thomas Lott, Oklahoma Terry Peters, Oklahoma
December 26, 1975	Arizona State 17 Nebraska 14	51,396	John Jefferson, Arizona State Larry Gordon, Arizona State
December 28, 1974	Oklahoma State 16 BYU 6	50,879	Kenny Walker, Oklahoma State Phil Dokes, Oklahoma State
December 21, 1973	Arizona State 28 Pittsburgh 7	50,878	Greg Hudson, Arizona State Mike Haynes, Arizona State
December 23, 1972	Arizona State 49 Missouri 35	51,318	Woody Green, Arizona State Mike Fink, Missouri
December 27, 1971	Arizona State 45 Florida State 38	51,098	Gary Huff, Florida State Junior Ah You, Arizona State

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NO. 10 SEED MIAMI

NO. 6 SEED OLE MISS

ALL-TIME FIESTA BOWL RESULTS

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