Key Highlights
- No.
- 10 Miami will face No.
- 1 Indiana for the national championship on Monday night in its home stadium, yet the Hurricanes are an 8.5-point underdog -- a role defensive lineman Rueben Bain Jr.
- said has been Miami's "story the whole playoffs."He's right. Miami entered the season 25-1 to win the national championship and was 100-1 on the morning of the College Football Playoff bracket reveal, as the Hurricanes were underdogs to even make the playoff.
- Now, ESPN Analytics gives the Hoosiers a 68.3% chance to win at Hard Rock Stadium, where Miami will become the first team to play for a national title at its home stadium since championship games became an annual occurrence in 1998 with the start of the BCS."I feel like that's been our whole journey, our whole story the whole playoffs," Bain said.
