Miami quarterback Darian Mensah will face his former team on Saturday when the No. 7 Miami Hurricanes (8-0, 6-0 ACC) host the Duke Blue Devils (7-2, 4-2 ACC) in an ACC matchup at Hard Rock Stadium.
There had been some concern about the game going ahead amid travel disruptions, but the Blue Devils arrived before the FAA ground stoppage on Friday, so the contest will proceed as scheduled. Kickoff is set for noon ET.
Miami enters the weekend having fallen six spots in the latest College Football Playoff ranking after losing 31-24 at Notre Dame. The Hurricanes will be without receiver Malachi Toney, who remains out with an ankle injury.
Duke was not included in this week's CFP rankings and was the second team receiving votes outside of the Top 25 in the AP Poll. Even so, the Blue Devils remain alive in the ACC title chase, and an upset in this spot would certainly raise their profile significantly.
The Hurricanes are 13.5-point favorites in the latest Miami vs. Duke odds, while the over/under is set at 54.5 points.
The SportsLine Projection Model, which simulated the game 10,000 times, is going Over 54.5 points. The model is projecting 57 combined points, with the Over hitting 56% of the time.
Opposing trends are in play in this matchup. Miami has seen all but one of its games go Over the total this year, while Duke has seen four straight games go Under. That run has mostly been thanks to a Duke defense that has shut down struggling offenses like NC State, Virginia and Boston College, though expecting the same against a high-powered Miami attack is not realistic.
In addition to leaning Over on the total, the model says one side of the spread hits in more than 60% of simulations, with the full spread and money-line picks available at SportsLine.
