As Miami football goes for its first national championship in 24 years, here's a look back at the Hurricanes' 2001 title team.

Take a long downtrodden team that happens to have the world’s largest alumni base and another playing a home game while in search of its first national title in 25 years and the math is simple.

Some of the nation's top recruits say the Hurricanes run to the College Football Playoff Championship game has increased the program's profile.

MIAMI — About five miles from the University of Miami’s campus, many students at Christopher Columbus High School were unsurprisingly decked out in orange and green on Friday as the hometown Hurricanes prepared to play Indiana in Monday’s college football national championship. Some, however, opted for crimson.

No. 1 Indiana steamrolled to a 15-0 campaign. Miami shocked the bracket as the 10th seed. The two sides meet in Monday's championship game.

Miami Hurricanes football coach Mario Cristobal has recruited Miami with the identity he wants in the offensive and defensive lines.

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