# Notre Dame fends off Miami as another No. 1 team falls again

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/notre-dame-fends-off-miami-as-another-no-1-team-falls-again/
- Published: 2026-11-08T05:14:45+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T06:41:32+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/08/sports/notre-dame-fends-off-miami-as-another-no-1-team-falls-again/
- Topics: Entertainment, TV, World

## Key points

- Notre Dame beat No. 1 Miami 31-24.
- CJ Carr threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns.
- Utah and UCLA are the only unbeaten teams left.

## Summary

No. 4 Notre Dame beat top-ranked Miami 31-24, avenging last season’s narrow defeat and keeping its College Football Playoff hopes alive. The Irish built a 21-point lead, then held off a late Miami comeback without ever trailing.

CJ Carr threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns, while Miami quarterback Darian Mensah threw three scoring passes. Miami’s potential go-ahead touchdown was ruled incomplete on fourth down with 3:36 left. The loss leaves Utah and UCLA as the only unbeaten teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision after nine games, the fewest at this stage since 2003.

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