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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 remain in the College Football Playoff for the very first time where the Hurricanes are contending for their sixth nationwide championship and initially given that 2001. The Aggies have a a lot longer dry spell after their last nationwide 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 best season. These teams had one typical opponent this season with Miami and Texas A&M handing Notre Dame its only two losses in close 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 offensive line. The Aggies have 41 sacks this season to tie Oklahoma for most in the country. Texas A&M is led by defensive end Cashius Howell, a first group 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 amongst the very best in the country at protecting the quarterback and the 11 sacks they allowed this season are connected for eighth fewest in the nation.
Miami: DE Rueben Bain Jr. made ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors after stacking up 37 tackles, including 7 1/2 tackles for loss and 4 1/2 sacks this season. He also forced a fumble, had an interception and 2 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 ending at Pittsburgh.
Texas A&M: WR/PR K.C. Concepcion won the Paul Hornung Award as the nation ´ s most versatile college football gamer and was also an AP first-team All American. He led the team with 886 lawns receiving and his nine TD receptions ranked first in the SEC. He also led the league with 460 punt return with 2 goals. The junior likewise 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 meeting in between these groups 48-33 in 2023 at Hard Rock Stadium. ... The Hurricanes have actually won 10 games in successive seasons for the first time considering 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 profession as a starter at Georgia and with the Hurricanes. ... WR Malachi Toney needs 30 backyards to post the eighth 1,000-yard receiving season in school history. ... Mark Fletcher Jr. leads Miami with 685 lawns hurrying. ... Jakobe Thomas is first on the team 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 won at least 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 six touchdowns and included 245 yards hurrying with 2 ratings in four games this season versus AP Top 25 opponents. He needs 68 lawns passing and 34 backyards rushing to join Johnny Manziel (twice) and Jerrod Johnson as the only players in school history to toss for 3,000 backyards and rush for 500 lawns in a season. ... Texas A&M ´ s receivers rank 11th in the country by averaging 14.1 backyards per catch, led by Ashton Bethel-Roman ´ s 23 lawns per catch. ... The Aggies have actually restricted challengers to 5 or fewer 3rd down conversions in nine straight video games. ... ESPN ´ s College GameDay will broadcast from College Station, Texas, before the video game, the ninth time the show will be done on the Texas A&M campus.