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BLACKSBURG, Va. — The Hurricanes needed to beat Virginia Tech on the road and try to do it in convincing fashion so they could stay alive in the College Football Playoff.

No. 13 Miami (9-2, 5-2 ACC) accomplished that — despite a messy fourth quarter — beating the Hokies (3-8, 2-5 ACC) 34-17 at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia. Miami had the lead for nearly the entire game after scoring on its opening drive.

Miami opened the game where it left off against N.C. State, driving down the field methodically on an eight-play, 75-yard drive that Carson Beck capped with a 20-yard touchdown pass to a wide-open Elija Lofton.

The Hokies’ first drive started well, too. After an unsportsmanlike conduct by UM’s Jaboree Antoine on the kickoff, Virginia

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