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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 first time where the Hurricanes are competing for their sixth national championship and first because 2001. The Aggies have a much longer drought after their last national title came in 1939. The Hurricanes got the last at-large playoff spot 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 run after a 27-17 loss to archrival Texas in the regular-season ending spoiled its perfect season. These groups had one typical opponent this season with Miami and Texas A&M handing Notre Dame its only two losses in close video 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 offending line. The Aggies have 41 sacks this season to tie Oklahoma for many in the nation. Texas A&M is led by protective 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 nation with 11 1/2 sacks. The Hurricanes are among the best in the nation at safeguarding the quarterback and the 11 sacks they permitted this season are tied for 8th least in the nation.


Miami: DE Rueben Bain Jr. made ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors after piling up 37 tackles, consisting of 7 1/2 takes on for loss and 4 1/2 sacks this season. He also required a fumble, had an interception and 2 pass separations to lead Miami ´ s defense. He had at least one take on in every video 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 country ´ s most versatile college football player and was likewise an AP first-team All American. He led the group with 886 yards receiving and his nine TD receptions ranked initially in the SEC. He likewise led the league with 460 punt return lawns with two touchdowns. The junior also had a TD run to become the very first Aggie in the modern-day age of football to have a TD reception, scoring run and punt return score in a single season.


Miami won the last conference in between these teams 48-33 in 2023 at Acid 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 games. ... QB Carson Beck is 34-5 in his profession as a starter at Georgia and with the Hurricanes. ... WR Malachi Toney requires 30 backyards to publish the eighth 1,000-yard getting season in school history. ... Mark Fletcher Jr. with 685 lawns hurrying. ... Jakobe Thomas is initially on the group with 4 interceptions. ... The Aggies are 7-0 at home this season. ... It ´ s the very first time since 2012 that Texas A&M has actually won at least 10 games. ... The Aggies have actually had at least 100,000 fans at Kyle Field for 10 straight games going back to last season. ... QB Marcel Reed has actually tossed for 963 backyards and 6 touchdowns and included 245 lawns rushing with two scores in four video games this season against AP Top 25 opponents. He needs 68 yards passing and 34 yards rushing to sign up with Johnny Manziel (two times) and Jerrod Johnson as the only players in school history to toss 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 backyards per catch, led by Ashton Bethel-Roman ´ s 23 lawns per catch. ... The Aggies have restricted challengers to 5 or less third 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 campus.