The weekend wasn’t variety to the state of Florida in relation to each faculty soccer and the NFL this weekend. Between the NFL, FBS and FCS, Florida groups have been a mixed 0-11 heading into “Monday Evening Soccer,”the place the Miami Dolphins have been seeking to break Sunshine State curse.

The Dolphins have been the saving grace of the state, defeating the Los Angeles Rams by a rating of 23-15 in Week 10. Miami now sits at 3-6, snapping a three-game shedding streak and doing so on the street. Not solely is the offense trying higher, with large receiver Tyreek Hill scoring his first landing since Week 1, however the protection additionally improved from final week’s loss to the Buffalo Payments. 

That was the excellent news. The remainder? Very unhealthy. Week 11 of the 2024 faculty soccer season marked the primary time within the FBS period — relationship again to 1978 — {that a} state went 0-6 in a single week. Florida State, Florida, Miami, UCF, USF and FAU all misplaced their respective video games, whereas FIU was idle.

To make issues worse, Sunday wasn’t very variety to the Sunshine State when it got here to NFL motion, both. The Jacksonville Jaguars and Tampa Bay Buccaneers each got here out on the shedding finish to carry the state of Florida to a mind-boggling 0-8 on the weekend.

The one ranked faculty workforce of the bunch, Miami, dropped its first recreation of the season with a 28-23 loss to Georgia Tech on the street. As CBS Sports activities’ Jerry Palm writes, Miami holds the convention tiebreaker over Clemson.

Florida State dropped to 1-9 with a blowout 52-3 loss to Notre Dame. The Seminoles are the first-ever preseason top-10 workforce, to drop no less than 9 video games in a single season. Florida dropped its second consecutive recreation with a 49-17 setback to Texas simply days after coach Billy Napier obtained a vote of confidence from athletic director Scott Stricklin.

UCF is at risk of lacking a bowl recreation after shedding to Arizona State, 35-31, on the street. The Knights began 3-0 however have since dropped six of their final seven video games to fall to 4-6 (2-5 Huge 12 play) in Yr 2 as a member of the Huge 12. The lone win after September got here towards Huge 12 newcomer Arizona at residence.

USF got here into the season as a possible darkish horse to succeed in the 12-team Faculty Soccer Playoff, however after shedding to Navy 28-7, the Bulls are at risk of additionally lacking out on a bowl recreation and might want to win two of their last three towards Charlotte, Tulsa and Rice. 

The primary lack of the weekend for the state occurred Thursday night time, when Florida Atlantic misplaced, 49-14, to East Carolina.

From an NFL standpoint, Florida groups continued to wrestle throughout Sunday’s motion. The Jaguars led over the Minnesota Vikings within the second half, however the Vikings have been finally capable of come away with a 12-7 win. It marked the third consecutive loss for Jacksonville and its fourth defeat within the final 5 video games.

In the meantime, the Buccaneers additionally got here out on the shedding finish towards the San Francisco 49ers. Quarterback Baker Mayfield threw for simply 116 yards, however made a valiant effort to attempt to push the Bucs throughout the end line. Nonetheless, the 49ers recorded a much-needed victory with star working again Christian McCaffrey again within the lineup.

Florida A&M, Bethune-Cookman and Stetson all misplaced as properly. Florida A&M misplaced, 31-12, to Prairie View, Bethune-Cookman suffered a 25-23 loss to Southern in a recreation that noticed 5 overtimes, and Stetson fell to Marist, which was winless heading into the competition.

Here’s a nearer take a look at how every workforce from the state of Florida misplaced their respective video games this week

• Georgia Tech 28, Miami 23: Miami has been dwelling on the sting all season with thrilling last-second victories. The magic ran out throughout a loss to Georgia Tech, dropping the Hurricanes eight spots to No. 12 within the newest AP High 25 ballot. Barring a historic late-season collapse, Miami ought to nonetheless be within the Faculty Soccer Playoff.
• Notre Dame 52, Florida State 3: Florida State’s newest loss was a tipping level for coach Mike Norvell. The FSU coach dismissed offensive coordinator Alex Atkins, defensive coordinator Adam Fuller and large receivers coach Ron Dugans after this system dropped to 1-9.
• Texas 49, Florida 17: With out star quarterback DJ Lagway, Florida struggled towards Texas on the street. The Longhorns jumped out to a 42-0 benefit earlier than Florida lastly bought on the board with a 23-yard discipline aim by Trey Smack. The Gatos finish the season with a gauntlet of a schedule towards LSU, Ole Miss and Florida State.
• Arizona State 35, UCF 31: After a 3-0 begin, it appeared UCF was due for a possible breakthrough in Yr 2 as a member of the Huge 12. That dream was shortlived after beginning convention play 1-4 with losses to Colorado, Cincinnati, Iowa State and BYU. The newest setback was a 35-31 loss to Arizona State this previous weekend.
• Navy 28, USF 7: USF was aggressive towards Alabama in the course of the first three quarters again in Week 2, however this system hasn’t been the identical since. After profitable back-to-back video games over UAB and FAU, the Bulls misplaced their fifth recreation of the season to Navy.
• East Carolina 49, FAU 14: FAU dropped to 2-7 with a 49-14 loss to East Carolina. The Owls have misplaced 5 of their final six, with the lone win throughout that stretch coming towards Wagner.
• Vikings 12, Jaguars 7: The Jaguars continued their slide towards the Vikings. The Jaguars have been with out quarterback Trevor Lawrence, who missed Sunday’s recreation on account of an ankle damage. 
• 49ers 23, Buccaneers 20: The Bucs have had their fair proportion of struggles since large receivers Mike Evans and Chris Godwin have been out of the lineup. Tampa Bay was capable of tie the sport at 20 within the last minute earlier than San Francisco’s Jake Moody linked on a game-winning 44-yard discipline aim as time expired.
• Prairie View 31, Florida A&M 12: The Panthers offense was on a roll towards Florida A&M and the Rattlers could not sustain.
• Southern 25, Bethune-Cookman 23: This was a nail biter, going into 5 overtimes earlier than we bought a last.
• Marist 40, Stetson 31: Marist hadn’t gained all season, however earned their first towards Stetson in an in depth matchup.