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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 are in the College Football Playoff for the first time where the Hurricanes are competing for their sixth championship game and initially because 2001. The Aggies have a much longer dry spell after their last nationwide 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 intends to recuperate and make a deep playoff pursue a 27-17 loss to archrival Texas in the regular-season finale ruined its ideal season. 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 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 tie Oklahoma for the majority of in the country. Texas A&M is led by defensive end Cashius Howell, a first string 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 among the best in the country at safeguarding the quarterback and the 11 sacks they enabled this season are connected for eighth fewest in the country.
Miami: DE Rueben Bain Jr. made ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors after accumulating 37 deals with, including 7 1/2 takes on for loss and 4 1/2 sacks this season. He likewise required a fumble, had an interception and 2 pass breaks up 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 .
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 backyards receiving and his 9 TD receptions ranked first in the SEC. He likewise led the league with 460 punt return yards with 2 touchdowns. The junior also 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 between these teams 48-33 in 2023 at Hard Rock Stadium. ... The Hurricanes have won 10 games in successive seasons for the very first time because 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 requires 30 yards to post the eighth 1,000-yard receiving 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 at home this season. ... It ´ s the very first time since 2012 that Texas A&M has actually won at least 10 video games. ... The Aggies have actually had at least 100,000 fans at Kyle Field for 10 straight video games dating back to last season. ... QB Marcel Reed has tossed for 963 lawns and 6 goals and included 245 lawns hurrying with 2 scores in four games this season against AP Top 25 opponents. He needs 68 yards passing and 34 backyards hurrying to sign up with 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 balancing 14.1 yards per catch, led by Ashton Bethel-Roman ´ s 23 backyards per catch. ... The Aggies have actually restricted opponents to 5 or less third down conversions in nine straight video games. ... ESPN ´ s College GameDay will transmit from College Station, Texas, before the video game, the ninth time the program will be done on the Texas A&M school.