Florida opens as big underdog to Miami in Week 4 road game
By Sydney Hunte
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Florida suffered a 20-10 loss to LSU in Week 3 to fall to 1-2 in 2025.
The Gators will face another tough task ahead of them as they visit Hard Rock Stadium to face No. 4 Miami. According to Circa Sports’ opening lines on Sunday, they’ll be an 8.5-point underdog against the Hurricanes.
This was supposed to be a turnaround year for Florida with DJ Lagway taking the reins as the Gators’ No. 1 quarterback. That’s even with injury concerns surrounding the former 5-star recruit in the offseason. Now, through 3 games, he has thrown for 629 yards, 5 touchdowns, and 6 interceptions. Whether or not that’s due to his aforementioned injuries is a question, but he’s playing below what was expected of him.
Meanwhile, the Hurricanes are off to a 3-0 start. They opened the season with a 27-24 win over Notre Dame and a 45-3 blowout of Bethune-Cookman before topping South Florida 49-12 in Week 3. Carson Beck has thrown for 7 touchdowns in his first 3 games with the program, finding the end zone 3 times against the Bulls despite a pair of interceptions.
Miami leads the all-time series 30-27. The Hurricanes defeated the Gators in Gainesville 41-7 in 2024.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
