DALLAS (AP) — SMU’s second time around in the Atlantic Coast Conference already has a blemish, one that is still fresh while the Mustangs get ready to face 10th-ranked Miami for the first time as a league opponent.

After a 20-game conference winning streak since 2022 that was that nation’s longest, spanning their last nine games in the American Athletic Conference and first 11 in the ACC, the Mustangs (5-3, 3-1 ACC) are coming off a 13-12 loss at Wake Forest in which they managed only 246 total yards and one touchdown.

“The worst offensive performance since we’ve been here. Not even close,” said third-year SMU coach Rhett Lashlee, who was Miami’s offensive coordinator before that.

The Mustangs didn’t have to play Miami when not losing a conference game on the way to the league champions

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