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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 remain in the College Football Playoff for the very first time where the Hurricanes are competing for their 6th championship game and initially given that 2001. The Aggies have a much longer drought after their last national title can be found 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 recuperate and make a deep playoff run after a 27-17 loss to archrival Texas in the regular-season finale spoiled its . These teams had one common challenger this season with Miami and Texas A&M handing Notre Dame its only 2 losses in close games in the 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 offensive 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 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 finest in the country at safeguarding the quarterback and the 11 sacks they enabled this season are connected for eighth least in the country.
Miami: DE Rueben Bain Jr. made ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors after accumulating 37 deals with, consisting of 7 1/2 tackles for loss and 4 1/2 sacks this season. He likewise 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 nation ´ s most versatile college football player and was also an AP first-team All American. He led the team with 886 yards getting 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 likewise had a TD run to end up being the 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 between these teams 48-33 in 2023 at Hard Rock Stadium. ... The Hurricanes have won 10 video games in consecutive seasons for the very first time because 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 needs 30 backyards to post the 8th 1,000-yard receiving season in school history. ... Mark Fletcher Jr. leads Miami with 685 yards hurrying. ... Jakobe Thomas is first on the team with four interceptions. ... The Aggies are 7-0 at home this season. ... It ´ s the very first time because 2012 that Texas A&M has actually won a minimum of 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 6 goals and included 245 backyards rushing with two ratings in 4 games this season versus AP Top 25 challengers. He requires 68 lawns passing and 34 yards hurrying to join Johnny Manziel (two times) and Jerrod Johnson as the only gamers 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 country by averaging 14.1 yards per catch, led by Ashton Bethel-Roman ´ s 23 lawns per catch. ... The Aggies have actually limited opponents to 5 or fewer 3rd down conversions in nine 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 campus.