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No. 10 seed Miami (10-2) at No. 7 seed Texas A&M (11-1), Saturday, midday 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 given that 2001. The Aggies have a much longer drought after their last national title came 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 get better and make a deep playoff pursue a 27-17 loss to archrival Texas in the regular-season finale ruined its perfect season. These teams had one common opponent this season with Miami and Texas A&M handing Notre Dame its only two losses in close games in the 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 tie Oklahoma for the majority of in the country. Texas A&M is led by protective end Cashius Howell, a first group 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 among the very best in the nation at protecting the quarterback and the 11 sacks they enabled this season are connected for 8th fewest in the nation.
Miami: DE Rueben Bain Jr. made ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors after stacking up 37 deals with, consisting of 7 1/2 deals with for loss and 4 1/2 sacks this season. He also required a fumble, had an interception and 2 pass breaks up to lead Miami ´ s defense. He had at least one tackle 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 versatile college football gamer and was likewise an AP first-team All American. He led the team with 886 lawns getting and his nine TD receptions ranked initially in the SEC. He likewise led the league with 460 punt return yards with two goals. The junior likewise had a TD run to become the very first Aggie in the contemporary period of football to have a TD reception, scoring run and punt return rating in a single season.
Miami won the last conference in between these groups 48-33 in 2023 at Hard Rock Stadium. ... The Hurricanes have won 10 games in successive seasons for the very first time considering that 2002-03. ... Miami hasn ´ t enabled more than 17 points in its last four video games. ... QB Carson Beck is 34-5 in his career as a starter at Georgia and with the Hurricanes. ... WR Malachi Toney requires 30 backyards to publish the eighth 1,000-yard receiving season in school history. ... Mark Fletcher Jr. leads Miami with 685 lawns rushing. ... Jakobe Thomas is initially on the team with 4 . ... The Aggies are 7-0 in the house this season. ... It ´ s the very first time considering that 2012 that Texas A&M has actually won at least 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 yards and six touchdowns and included 245 backyards rushing with 2 scores in four games this season against AP Top 25 challengers. He needs 68 backyards passing and 34 lawns rushing to sign up with Johnny Manziel (two times) and Jerrod Johnson as the only gamers in school history to throw for 3,000 backyards and rush for 500 yards in a season. ... Texas A&M ´ s receivers rank 11th in the nation by averaging 14.1 backyards per catch, led by Ashton Bethel-Roman ´ s 23 yards per catch. ... The Aggies have restricted opponents to five or less 3rd down conversions in 9 straight games. ... ESPN ´ s College GameDay will transmit from College Station, Texas, before the game, the ninth time the show will be done on the Texas A&M school.