Irish out of luck in blowout

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Malik Rosier threw for a touchdown and ran for another, Deejay Dallas ran for a pair of scores and No. 7 Miami overwhelmed No. 3 Notre Dame, 41-8, on Saturday night.

Travis Homer rushed for 146 yards for the Hurricanes (9-0, No. 7 CFP), who forced four turnovers for the fourth consecutive week, led 27-0 at the half and handed the Irish their second-worst loss in the history of the Miami-Notre Dame series. Only the 58-7 Miami romp in 1985 was worse.

Miami’s win came on the same day it clinched its first trip to the ACC championship game. The Hurricanes — who extended the nation’s longest current winning streak to 14 games — wrapped up the Coastal Division title when Virginia lost to Louisville, and will play Clemson for the ACC crown on Dec. 2.

And the Hurricanes might be in another title mix now as well, after dismantling a Notre Dame team that came in ranked No. 3 by the CFP committee.

Alize Mack caught a 14yard pass from Brandon Wimbush for the lone touchdown for Notre Dame (8-2), which hadn’t played a road game against the Hurricanes since 1989.

Rosier ran in from 16 yards out 88 seconds later after Jaquan Johnson got Miami’s first interception of the night, and the Hurricanes were well on their way to the rout.

Notre Dame was out of sorts all night. The Irish changed quarterbacks in the first half, giving Ian Book a look after Brandon Wimbush started 2-for-10 with two interceptions. And Notre Dame elected to go for conversions twice on fourth downs while trailing 17-0, both in their own territory, converting one and committing a false start on the other.