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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 contending for their sixth nationwide championship and initially because 2001. The Aggies have a much 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 aims to bounce back and make a deep playoff pursue a 27-17 loss to archrival Texas in the regular-season ending spoiled its ideal season. These teams 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 offending line. The Aggies have 41 sacks this season to connect Oklahoma for most in the nation. Texas A&M is led by protective end Cashius Howell, a first team 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 amongst the finest in the country at safeguarding the quarterback and the 11 sacks they permitted this season are connected for 8th least in the country.
Miami: DE Rueben Bain Jr. earned ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors after stacking up 37 deals with, consisting of 7 1/2 deals with for loss and 4 1/2 sacks this season. He also forced a fumble, had an interception and 2 pass breaks up 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 nation ´ 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 touchdowns. The junior likewise had a TD run to become the first Aggie in the modern-day period of football to have a TD reception, scoring run and punt return rating in a single season.
Miami won the last conference in between these teams 48-33 in 2023 at Acid Rock Stadium. ... The Hurricanes have won 10 games in consecutive seasons for the first time considering that 2002-03. ... Miami hasn ´ t allowed 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 publish the 8th 1,000-yard receiving season in school history. ... Mark Fletcher Jr. leads Miami with 685 yards rushing. ... Jakobe Thomas is first on the group with four interceptions. ... The Aggies are 7-0 in the house this season. ... It ´ s the first time considering that 2012 that Texas A&M has won a minimum of 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 yards and 6 touchdowns and included 245 backyards hurrying with 2 scores in four games this season against AP Top 25 opponents. He requires 68 backyards passing and 34 lawns rushing to join Johnny Manziel (two times) and Jerrod Johnson as the only gamers in school history to throw for 3,000 yards and rush for 500 lawns in a season. ... Texas A&M ´ s receivers rank 11th in the country by 14.1 backyards per catch, led by Ashton Bethel-Roman ´ s 23 lawns per catch. ... The Aggies have limited opponents to five or fewer third down conversions in 9 straight video 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 campus.