No. 3 Miami downs Florida State 43-35 in double-overtime thriller

Miami beat its archrival and staked a claim to moving atop the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2002.Darian Mensah threw for 326 yards and three touchdowns, the last of them a 3-yarder to Malachi Toney in the second overtime, and No. 3 Miami held on to beat archrival Florida State 43-35 in a back-and-forth classic on Saturday night."This is what great teams do, find a way to win," Mensah said.No. 1 Georgia lost to Auburn and No. 2 Notre Dame lost to BYU, making Saturday the first instance of the nation's two top-ranked teams falling on the same regular-season day since Nov. 17, 2012, according to Sportradar.Darian Mensah of the Miami Hurricanes celebrates after defeating the Florida State Seminoles at Hard Rock Stadium on Oct. 17, 2026, in Miami Gardens, Florida. Megan Briggs / Getty Images That clears a path for Miami to be No. 1 when the new poll comes out Sunday."We have a good enough sample size of 2026 to know that's abso