Miami beats Ole Miss behind Carson Beck's game-winning touchdown to reach CFP National Championship Game

The Miami Hurricanes are heading to the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, coming distant with a constrictive triumph implicit Ole Miss, 31-27, successful an all-time postseason contest. 

The Hurricanes volition present await the victor of the different semifinal betwixt the Indiana Hoosiers and Oregon Ducks to spot who they volition play connected Jan. 19. But Miami volition bash truthful connected their location turf, with the National Championship Game being played astatine Hard Rock Stadium – the tract of their location games. 

The crippled began dilatory for some teams, with lone Miami getting connected the scoreboard successful the archetypal 4th with a tract extremity connected their 13-play opening drive. But the fireworks came retired from determination for the Rebels acknowledgment to the velocity of moving backmost Kewan Lacy.

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Charmar Brown of the Miami (FL) Hurricanes celebrates a tally successful the archetypal 4th of the 2025 College Football Playoff Semifinal astatine State Farm Stadium connected Jan. 8, 2026 successful Glendale, Arizona. (Steve Limentani/ISI Photos)

On conscionable the 2nd play of the 2nd quarter, Lacy was disconnected to the race, uncovering a seam and busting retired a 73-yard touchdown tally to spell up 7-3 aft the other point.

But this crippled was backmost and distant for rather immoderate time, including the ensuing Hurricanes thrust arsenic backmost Carson Beck led the mode connected a 15-play touchdown bid with a CharMar Brown rushing people from 4 yards out.

The crippled was deadlocked astatine 10 apiece erstwhile Beck decided to aerial it retired to Keelan Marion, and it was worthy the risk. Marion made the drawback for a 52-yard touchdown to assistance Miami spell up 17-13 astatine halftime.

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The 3rd 4th was an unusual 1 for some squads, arsenic their opening drives resulted successful a missed tract extremity apiece. Then, aft Beck threw an interception, the Rebels were capable to chopped the pb to 17-16 successful favour of the Hurricanes heading into the 4th fourth for the ages.

There was nary lack of electrical plays erstwhile it mattered astir successful the last 15 minutes, arsenic Rebels backmost Trinidad Chambliss got his squad downfield capable to instrumentality a 19-17 pb with a tract goal.

But the velocity of Malachi Toney changed the scoreboard for Miami successful the champion mode possible, arsenic helium took a surface 36 yards to the house, capping a four-play, 75-yard reply thrust for the Hurricanes close aft Ole Miss took the lead.

Trinidad Chambliss of the Ole Miss Rebels celebrates a touchdown against the Miami Hurricanes successful the 2nd 4th during the 2025 College Football Playoff Semifinal astatine the VRBO Fiesta Bowl astatine State Farm Stadium connected Jan. 8, 2026 successful Glendale, Arizona. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

With a 24-19 pb and 5 minutes near to play successful the game, Chambliss and the Rebels’ discourtesy had rather capable clip to retake the lead. He did conscionable that, uncovering trusty choky extremity Dae’Quan Wright for 24 yards to nonstop the Rebels faithful ballistic.

Ole Miss wanted to spell for 2 successful hopes of making it a three-point lead, and Chambliss came done again, uncovering a wide unfastened Caleb Odom for the cardinal score.

It was up to Beck and the Miami discourtesy to support the crippled live with astatine slightest tying the crippled astatine 27 apiece. On a important third-and-10 conscionable wrong tract extremity range, Beck was assured with his walk to Marion to get good wrong range. Another walk to Marion made it first-and-goal, and it was wide Miami wasn't trying to unit overtime. They wanted to triumph it all.

How fitting was it that Beck, scanning the field, recovered a seam to his near and conscionable sprinted for the colored overgarment to people the game-winner with 18 seconds left.

But things got fascinating astatine the end, with Ole Miss going 40 yards successful conscionable a fewer seconds to acceptable up a Hail Mary for the win. Chambliss had the abstraction to loft a walk to the extremity zone, and though it deed disconnected the manus of a teammate, it landed incomplete for the Miami victory. 

Carson Beck of the Miami Hurricanes passes the shot against the Ole Miss Rebels successful the archetypal 4th during the 2025 College Football Playoff Semifinal astatine the VRBO Fiesta Bowl astatine State Farm Stadium connected Jan. 8, 2026 successful Glendale, Arizona.   (Chris Coduto/Getty Images)

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In the container score, Beck was 23-of-37 for 268 yards with his 2 passing touchdowns and an interception. Marion was a cardinal subordinate successful the triumph with 7 catches for 114 yards, portion Mark Fletcher Jr. acceptable the code successful the crushed crippled with 133 yards rushing connected 22 carries. Toney besides tallied 81 receiving yards for Miami.

For Ole Miss, Chambliss besides went 23-of-37 for 277 yards with his touchdown to Wright, who finished with 64 yards connected 3 grabs. De’Zhaun Stribling was 5 for 77 done the air, portion Lacy rushed for 103 yards connected 11 carries.

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