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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 teams are in the College Football Playoff for the very first time where the Hurricanes are competing for their sixth nationwide champion and first given that 2001. The Aggies have a much longer drought after their last national 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 recover and make a deep playoff follow a 27-17 loss to archrival Texas in the regular-season finale spoiled its ideal season. These groups had one common 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 tie Oklahoma for a lot of in the country. Texas A&M is led by defensive end Cashius Howell, a first group AP All-America selection 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 among the very best in the country at protecting the quarterback and the 11 sacks they allowed this season are tied for eighth least in the nation.


Miami: DE Rueben Bain Jr. earned ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors after stacking up 37 deals with, consisting of 7 1/2 tackles for loss and 4 1/2 sacks this season. He also required a fumble, had an interception and two pass breaks up 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 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 team with 886 backyards receiving and his 9 TD receptions ranked initially in the SEC. He also led the league with 460 punt return lawns with 2 goals. The junior also had a TD go to become the first Aggie in the modern era of football to have a TD reception, scoring run and punt return score in a single season.


Miami won the last conference between these teams 48-33 in 2023 at Acid Rock Stadium. ... The Hurricanes have won 10 games in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2002-03. ... Miami hasn ´ t permitted more than 17 points in its last four games. ... QB Carson Beck is 34-5 in his profession as a starter at Georgia and with the Hurricanes. ... WR Malachi Toney requires 30 lawns to post the eighth 1,000-yard getting season in school history. ... Mark Fletcher Jr. leads Miami with 685 lawns rushing. ... Jakobe Thomas is initially on the group with four interceptions. ... The Aggies are 7-0 at home this season. ... It ´ s the first time considering that 2012 that Texas A&M has actually won at least 10 video games. ... The Aggies have had at least 100,000 fans at Kyle Field for 10 straight video games going back to last season. ... QB Marcel Reed has actually thrown for 963 backyards and six goals and added 245 backyards hurrying with two scores in 4 video games this season versus AP Top 25 opponents. He requires 68 lawns passing and 34 to join Johnny Manziel (twice) and Jerrod Johnson as the only players in school history to throw for 3,000 lawns and rush for 500 backyards in a season. ... Texas A&M ´ s receivers rank 11th in the country by balancing 14.1 lawns per catch, led by Ashton Bethel-Roman ´ s 23 backyards per catch. ... The Aggies have actually restricted opponents to five or less third down conversions in 9 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.