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


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


Series record: Miami leads 3-2.


Both teams are in the College Football Playoff for the very first time where the Hurricanes are contending for their sixth championship game and first since 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 intends to bounce back and make a deep playoff follow a 27-17 loss to archrival Texas in the regular-season ending ruined its best 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 trip 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 connect Oklahoma for the majority of in the . Texas A&M is led by defensive end Cashius Howell, a first string AP All-America choice and the SEC Defensive Player of the Year who led the SEC and ranks 4th in the nation with 11 1/2 sacks. The Hurricanes are among the very best in the country at securing the quarterback and the 11 sacks they allowed this season are tied for 8th least in the country.


Miami: DE Rueben Bain Jr. made ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors after accumulating 37 takes on, including 7 1/2 takes on for loss and 4 1/2 sacks this season. He likewise forced a fumble, had an interception and 2 pass breakups to lead Miami ´ s defense. He had at least one tackle in every game and had a season-high 1 1/2 sacks in the regular-season ending at Pittsburgh.


Texas A&M: WR/PR K.C. Concepcion won the Paul Hornung Award as the nation ´ s most flexible college football player and was also an AP first-team All American. He led the team with 886 lawns receiving and his 9 TD receptions ranked first in the SEC. He also led the league with 460 punt return backyards with two goals. The junior also had a TD run to become the very first Aggie in the modern age of football to have a TD reception, scoring run and punt return rating in a single season.


Miami won the last conference between these groups 48-33 in 2023 at Acid Rock Stadium. ... The Hurricanes have actually won 10 video games in successive seasons for the very first time given that 2002-03. ... Miami hasn ´ t enabled more than 17 points in its last 4 video games. ... QB Carson Beck is 34-5 in his career as a starter at Georgia and with the Hurricanes. ... WR Malachi Toney needs 30 yards to publish the eighth 1,000-yard getting season in school history. ... Mark Fletcher Jr. leads Miami with 685 lawns hurrying. ... Jakobe Thomas is initially on the team with four interceptions. ... The Aggies are 7-0 in your home this season. ... It ´ s the very first time considering that 2012 that Texas A&M has won a minimum of 10 games. ... The Aggies have actually had at least 100,000 fans at Kyle Field for 10 straight games dating back to last season. ... QB Marcel Reed has tossed for 963 lawns and 6 goals and added 245 backyards rushing with 2 ratings in 4 games this season against AP Top 25 opponents. He requires 68 lawns passing and 34 lawns hurrying to join Johnny Manziel (twice) and Jerrod Johnson as the only players in school history to throw for 3,000 backyards and rush for 500 backyards in a season. ... Texas A&M ´ s receivers rank 11th in the nation by balancing 14.1 lawns per catch, led by Ashton Bethel-Roman ´ s 23 yards per catch. ... The Aggies have limited challengers to 5 or less 3rd down conversions in nine straight video games. ... ESPN ´ s College GameDay will relay from College Station, Texas, before the game, the ninth time the show will be done on the Texas A&M school.