DALLAS – SMU is still shaking up the ACC race, and doing it with flair. The Mustangs outlasted No. 10 Miami 26-20 in overtime at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas, grabbing their 13th straight home conference win behind a walk-off 1-yard plunge from T.J. Harden and a defense that delivered when it mattered most.

Ahmaad Moses set the table with his second interception of the night, jumping Carson Beck just shy of the goal line on Miami’s first OT snap. Four straight Harden runs later, SMU lit the fuse, untouched left edge, ballgame, bedlam.

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It was a cathartic response one week after the last-play heartbreak at Wake.

“We beat who I think is a playoff-caliber team with a national championship-caliber defense,” coach Rhett Lashlee said after inking a two-year extension pregame. “We’re just thankful we found a way to grind it out and win.”

Grind they did. SMU had negative rushing yards entering overtime; the 25 yards on the winning drive pushed the total to 23 – all heart, all situational football.

The finish was pure Dallas theatre. SMU students poured over the wall behind the Miami bench and toppled the goalpost in the end zone where Harden scored. The base wouldn’t budge, but the uprights did – including the right one involved in a fourth-quarter controversy when Sam Keltner’s would-be tying 42-yarder was ruled no good as it sailed over the upright, a call not reviewable. Lashlee laughed it off.

“Hope there’s one in Deep Ellum and one in downtown Dallas.”

Keltner got redemption with a calm 38-yard equalizer at :25 – a kick made possible by a critical unnecessary roughness flag on Marquise Lightfoot after a timeout, gifting SMU a first down on 4th-and-9.

Kevin Jennings authored a gutty night, throwing a touchdown, running another, and returning after an apparent lower-left-leg injury to steer the late drives.

“Honestly, after that play, I didn’t know I was going back in,” he said. “Hopping off the field, I couldn’t put pressure on the leg at all. And then all of a sudden, my ankle just got back working.”

Miami had its chances. Beck (274 yards) tossed scores to Joshisa Trader and Alex Bauman but threw two picks – both to Moses – and the ‘Canes blinked at the end of regulation. With 25 seconds and a timeout after a touchback, Mario Cristobal chose to kneel. Beck felt the sting.

“To lose a game like that, in that fashion, it’s hard. This team comes and works every single day. We’re so connected. It’s really tough to lose like that on the road.”

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From there, SMU finished the script. Harden’s overtime hammer punctuated a night that kept the Mustangs (6-3, 4-1 ACC) squarely in the conference mix, even after last week’s stumble snapped their long league streak. Jennings’ toughness, Moses’ takeaways, Keltner’s clutch swing – and one delirious field storm – turned a top-10 upset into a love letter to resilience.

Up Next: Miami hosts Syracuse next Saturday. SMU heads to Boston College next Saturday.