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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 remain in the College Football Playoff for the very first time where the Hurricanes are competing for their 6th national champion and initially considering that 2001. The Aggies have a much longer dry spell after their last nationwide title was available 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 bounce back and make a deep playoff follow a 27-17 loss to archrival Texas in the regular-season finale ruined its ideal season. These teams had one common opponent this season with Miami and Texas A&M handing Notre Dame its only 2 losses in close video games in the very first two weeks of the season. The winner gets a journey to the Cotton Bowl to play No. 2 seed Ohio State on Dec. 31.
Texas A&M ´ s pass rush vs. Miami ´ s offending line. The Aggies have 41 sacks this season to tie Oklahoma for most in the country. Texas A&M is led by protective end Cashius Howell, a first group AP All-America choice and the SEC Defensive Player of the Year who led the SEC and ranks fourth in the country with 11 1/2 sacks. The Hurricanes are amongst the finest in the nation at protecting the quarterback and the 11 sacks they permitted this season are tied for 8th fewest in the nation.
Miami: DE Rueben Bain Jr. made ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors after accumulating 37 deals with, including 7 1/2 tackles for loss and 4 1/2 sacks this season. He also required a fumble, had an interception and two pass separations to lead Miami ´ s defense. He had at least one deal with in every video 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 country ´ s most flexible college football gamer and was likewise an AP first-team All American. He led the group with 886 lawns getting and his 9 TD receptions ranked first in the SEC. He likewise led the league with 460 punt return lawns with 2 goals. The junior also had a TD go to become the very first Aggie in the contemporary period of football to have a TD reception, scoring run and punt return score in a single season.
Miami won the last meeting in between these groups 48-33 in 2023 at Hard Rock Stadium. ... The Hurricanes have won 10 games in consecutive seasons for the very first time because 2002-03. ... Miami hasn ´ t permitted 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 needs 30 lawns to post the eighth 1,000-yard getting season in school history. ... Mark Fletcher Jr. leads Miami with 685 backyards rushing. ... Jakobe Thomas is initially on the group with 4 interceptions. ... The Aggies are 7-0 in your home this season. ... It ´ s the first time because 2012 that Texas A&M has won at least 10 games. ... The Aggies have had at least 100,000 fans at Kyle Field for 10 straight video games dating back to last season. ... QB Marcel Reed has actually thrown for 963 backyards and 6 touchdowns and included 245 yards hurrying with two ratings in four games this season against AP Top 25 challengers. He requires 68 yards passing and 34 yards rushing to join Johnny Manziel (two times) and Jerrod Johnson as the only players in school history to throw 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 per catch, led by Ashton Bethel-Roman ´ s 23 lawns per catch. ... The Aggies have restricted challengers to five or less 3rd down conversions in 9 straight video games. ... ESPN ´ s College GameDay will relay from College Station, Texas, before the video game, the ninth time the show will be done on the Texas A&M school.