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No. 10 seed Miami (10-2) at No. 7 seed Texas A&M (11-1), Saturday, twelve noon EST (ABC)


BetMGM College Football Odds: Texas A&M by 3 1/2.


Series record: Miami leads 3-2.


Both groups are in the College Football Playoff for the very first time where the Hurricanes are contending for their 6th championship game and initially considering that 2001. The Aggies have a a lot longer drought after their last national title can be found in 1939. The Hurricanes got the last at-large playoff area over Notre Dame thanks to their 27-24 win over the Fighting Irish in the season opener. Texas A&M aims to recover and make a deep playoff pursue a 27-17 loss to archrival Texas in the regular-season ending ruined its best season. These teams had one typical challenger this season with Miami and Texas A&M handing Notre Dame its only 2 losses in close video games in the very first 2 weeks of the season. The winner gets a trip to the Cotton Bowl to play No. 2 seed Ohio State on Dec. 31.


Texas A&M ´ s pass rush vs. Miami ´ s offensive line. The Aggies have 41 sacks this season to connect Oklahoma for a lot of in the country. Texas A&M is led by defensive end Cashius Howell, a first string AP All-America selection and the SEC Defensive Player of the Year who led the SEC and ranks 4th in the country with 11 1/2 sacks. The Hurricanes are amongst the finest in the nation at safeguarding the quarterback and the 11 sacks they permitted this season are connected for 8th least in the country.


Miami: DE Rueben Bain Jr. earned ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors after accumulating 37 deals with, consisting of 7 1/2 for loss and 4 1/2 sacks this season. He likewise forced a fumble, had an interception and two pass separations to lead Miami ´ s defense. He had at least one take on in every game and had a season-high 1 1/2 sacks in the regular-season finale at Pittsburgh.


Texas A&M: WR/PR K.C. Concepcion won the Paul Hornung Award as the nation ´ s most versatile college football player and was also an AP first-team All American. He led the team with 886 yards getting and his 9 TD receptions ranked first in the SEC. He likewise led the league with 460 punt return backyards with 2 touchdowns. The junior likewise had a TD go to end up being the very first Aggie in the contemporary era of football to have a TD reception, scoring run and punt return rating in a single season.


Miami won the last meeting between these teams 48-33 in 2023 at Hard Rock Stadium. ... The Hurricanes have actually won 10 video games in successive seasons for the first time considering that 2002-03. ... Miami hasn ´ t allowed more than 17 points in its last 4 video games. ... QB Carson Beck is 34-5 in his profession as a starter at Georgia and with the Hurricanes. ... WR Malachi Toney requires 30 yards to post the 8th 1,000-yard receiving season in school history. ... Mark Fletcher Jr. leads Miami with 685 backyards hurrying. ... Jakobe Thomas is first on the team with four interceptions. ... The Aggies are 7-0 in the house this season. ... It ´ s the very first time because 2012 that Texas A&M has won a minimum of 10 games. ... The Aggies have had at least 100,000 fans at Kyle Field for 10 straight games dating back to last season. ... QB Marcel Reed has actually tossed for 963 lawns and six goals and included 245 lawns rushing with 2 ratings in four games this season against AP Top 25 challengers. He requires 68 lawns passing and 34 backyards hurrying to join Johnny Manziel (twice) and Jerrod Johnson as the only gamers in school history to toss for 3,000 backyards and rush for 500 lawns in a season. ... Texas A&M ´ s receivers rank 11th in the nation by averaging 14.1 lawns per catch, led by Ashton Bethel-Roman ´ s 23 yards per catch. ... The Aggies have limited challengers to five or less 3rd down conversions in nine straight games. ... ESPN ´ s College GameDay will broadcast from College Station, Texas, before the game, the ninth time the program will be done on the Texas A&M school.