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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 first time where the Hurricanes are competing for their 6th nationwide championship and first because 2001. The Aggies have a much longer drought after their last nationwide 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 intends to recover and make a deep playoff follow a 27-17 loss to archrival Texas in the regular-season finale spoiled its . These teams had one typical opponent this season with Miami and Texas A&M handing Notre Dame its only 2 losses in close 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 most in the nation. Texas A&M is led by defensive end Cashius Howell, a very 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 amongst the best in the nation at safeguarding the quarterback and the 11 sacks they allowed this season are tied for eighth least in the country.
Miami: DE Rueben Bain Jr. earned ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors after accumulating 37 tackles, consisting of 7 1/2 tackles for loss and 4 1/2 sacks this season. He also required a fumble, had an interception and 2 pass breakups 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 country ´ s most flexible college football player and was likewise an AP first-team All American. He led the team with 886 yards receiving and his nine TD receptions ranked first in the SEC. He likewise led the league with 460 punt return lawns with 2 goals. The junior also had a TD go to end up being the first Aggie in the modern age of football to have a TD reception, scoring run and punt return score in a single season.
Miami won the last meeting in between these teams 48-33 in 2023 at Hard Rock Stadium. ... The Hurricanes have won 10 games in consecutive seasons for the very first time given that 2002-03. ... Miami hasn ´ t allowed 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 lawns to post the 8th 1,000-yard getting season in school history. ... Mark Fletcher Jr. leads Miami with 685 yards rushing. ... Jakobe Thomas is initially on the group with four interceptions. ... The Aggies are 7-0 in your home this season. ... It ´ s the first time given 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 video games going back to last season. ... QB Marcel Reed has actually tossed for 963 yards and six touchdowns and included 245 lawns rushing with two ratings in four games this season versus AP Top 25 opponents. He needs 68 backyards passing and 34 backyards rushing to sign up with Johnny Manziel (two times) and Jerrod Johnson as the only players 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 lawns per catch, led by Ashton Bethel-Roman ´ s 23 backyards per catch. ... The Aggies have limited opponents to five or fewer third down conversions in nine 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.