Miami FL at North Carolina Predictions & Picks – Hurricanes To Power Past Tar Heels In College Football
- Miami tipped to cover -14.5 spread at North Carolina
- Hurricanes' offense, led by Mensah and Toney, is performing strongly
- Miami have won all 7 games this season, while North Carolina lost their last home game
Miami FL at North Carolina Predictions & Picks
Miami are tipped to cover a two-touchdown spread as they win in Chapel Hill.
Darian Mensah and Malachi Toney remain the most dangerous duo in college football – leading a high-powered offense – while the defense continues to make stops when it needs to.
- Miami have won all 7 of their games so far
- Miami are 5-2-0 ATS this season
- North Carolina are 1-2-0 ATS at home
- The Over has cashed in 6 of Miami’s 7 games
Head To Head
- North Carolina lead the all-time series 16-11
- North Carolina won 41-31 when the two teams last met in October 2023
Miami FL Form
Miami head to Chapel Hill boasting a 100% record, having recorded their seventh straight win last weekend.
The Hurricanes opened with a conference road win, blowing out Stanford 45-6, and backed that up at home as they crushed Florida A&M in a non-conference game, 77-7.
They then notched another ACC road win with a 33-20 victory at Wake Forest, before returning home to crush Central Michigan 52-3 in non-conference action.
Miami returned to ACC duty after that, as they went out on the road to dominate Clemson in a 41-13 victory.
The Hurricanes then backed that up at Hard Rock Stadium as they beat Florida State 43-35 and Pittsburgh 52-23 to improve to 7-0.
North Carolina Form
North Carolina go into this matchup on the back of an upset loss – their third defeat of the season.
The Tar Heels kicked off the campaign with a 15-10 win over TCU in Dublin, and backed that up at home with a 35-3 victory against East Tennessee State.
They dropped their opening ACC matchup though, losing 28-20 at Clemson, and then fell to a 37-26 defeat when they hosted Notre Dame.
North Carolina rallied when they returned to conference action, beating Pittsburgh 21-17 and Duke 24-20 on the road.
However, the Tar Heels were unable to make it three-in-a-row last weekend, as they suffered a surprise 31-30 home defeat to Syracuse.
Verdict
This is the time of year that Miami tend to trip up, but Mario Cristobal has his 2026 group focused and firing after seven games.
The offense is red-hot right now and should have few issues piling up the points against a Tar Heels defense that just got gashed by Syracuse, so back the Hurricanes to cover.
The offense is red-hot right now and should have few issues piling up the points against a Tar Heels defense that just got gashed by Syracuse, so back the Hurricanes to cover.
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