The Miami Hurricanes need to win the rest of their games to have any hope of making the playoffs, and Saturday’s 41-7 victory over N.C. State was an encouraging sign .

Miami was dominant, shutting out the Wolfpack for nearly the entire game while the UM offense had a strong performance.

Here are five things we learned from the win on Saturday:

Miami’s defense is among the nation’s best

N.C. State may not be the best team in the nation, but its offense is solid. The Wolfpack entered Saturday’s game as a top-50 offense, and they had scored 48 points in their previous game against Georgia Tech. The Hurricanes held them to their worst performance of the season.

N.C. State did not get on the board until the final minutes of the game when quarterback CJ Bailey — a Chaminade-Madonna alum

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