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The 2019 college football season, the 150th season of college football, will kick off in style this year with a week zero match-up featuring two hated rivals: the Miami Hurricanes and the Florida Gators.

“We are honored to be able to open up the 150th season of college football a week ahead of everybody else,” Miami coach Manny Diaz said. “It is Miami and Florida and when you think about the history of college football, the sport was revolutionized in this state. That is a pretty cool thing that we are excited to be a part of.”

The Hurricanes lead the all-time series with the Gators 29-26, and have won seven of the last eight head-to-head matchups dating to 1986. Miami beat the Gators, 21-16, in the last meeting between the two teams - a regular-season game in 2013 in Miami Gardens, Fla. (Sept. 7, 2013).

Florida is coming off a 10-3 season in 2018, which was the first of the Dan Mullen era at UF. The previous year, the Gators finished with a 4-8 record. Miami, on the other hand, finished with a 7-6 season after going 10-3 the previous year. Coach Mark Richt stepped down after the 2018 season and has been replaced by former defensive coordinator Manny Diaz.

Las Vegas betting lines currently have the Gators pegged as 7.5 point favorites of the Hurricanes. The over/under point total is currently at 47 points. All signs point to the game being a low scoring one.

In each of UF’s three losses, the Gators were held under the 20 point mark. Kentucky beat Florida 27-16 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Georgia defeated Florida 36-17 in an October match-up. Missouri also beat UF 38-17 in 2018—UF’s final loss of the season.

Florida did win one game in which they did not score 20 points—a 13-6 slugfest at Mississippi State.

Overall, UF finished with a 1-3 record when they scored less than 20 points. The Gators were 9-0 when they scored at least 20 points.

Miami was in a similar boat in 2018, but the problem for the Hurricanes is they consistently struggled to hit the 20 point mark during the second half of the season.

The Hurricanes lost the 2018 season opener to LSU by a score of 33-17. After winning five straight, the Miami offense sputtered as UM struggled to score more than 20 points in three straight games with a 16-13 loss to Virginia, a 27-14 loss to Boston College, and a 20-12 loss to Duke.

The Hurricanes lost one game in which they scored at least 20 points, a 27-21 loss to Georgia Tech in November. UM’s final loss of the season was a 35-3 dismantling at the hands of Wisconsin in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl.

To recap: the Hurricanes were 0-5 when scoring less than 20 points. On the flip side, the Hurricanes were 7-1 when they scored more than the 20 point mark.

So how do national college football experts view the Miami-Florida match-up going into this weekend? Read on as we take a look at some of the picks that have already been published by national media.

NOTE: This list will be updated on Friday, so check back with more national college football expert predictions.