USF & Miami Pregame Nuggets

• Miami has 57 players from the state of Florida on its online roster.

• USF has 92 players from the state of Florida on its online roster.

• USF and UM only have one common opponent this season, Florida State. Miami beat FSU in the season opener, 38-34. USF beat Florida State, 17-7, in week four. Both games were played in Tallahassee.

• USF is 10-1 against schools from the state of Florida, including one game against Miami. This is the Bulls second meeting with Miami and the first of five consecutive years that the programs will meet.

• Miami has an all-time record of 101-64-6 against schools from the state of Florida.

• USF has won seven straight against teams from its home state, while UM has won four straight against teams from its home state.

• Miami, a former BIG EAST member, is 83-21-2 against current members of the BIG EAST. The only current member it has not faced is UConn. UM has winning records against the seven BIG EAST schools it has played.

• USF is 4-2 against current members of the ACC and has won four straight against the conference.

• The University of Miami was founded in 1925 and has been playing football since 1926.

• USF was founded in 1956 and has been playing football since 1997l.

• UM has an enrollment of 15,323 and USF has the ninth largest enrollment in the country at 46,174.

• UM has been ranked in the AP top 10 three times in 2009.

• USF was last ranked in the top 10 in 2008, but was also in the top 10 during the 2007 season.

• Randy Shannon (5-7) and Jim Leavitt (5-6) both won five games in their inaugural seasons with their current Universities.

• USF is 12-16 all-time versus teams ranked in the top 25.

• Since USF joined the FBS in 2005, they own a record of 39-22. During that time UM is 36-25.