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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 first time where the Hurricanes are competing for their 6th nationwide championship and first considering that 2001. The Aggies have a a lot 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 aims to recover and make a deep playoff pursue a 27-17 loss to archrival Texas in the regular-season ending spoiled its best season. These teams had one common challenger this season with Miami and Texas A&M handing Notre Dame its only two losses in close video 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 offending line. The Aggies have 41 sacks this season to connect Oklahoma for the majority of in the country. 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 amongst the finest in the nation at securing the quarterback and the 11 sacks they allowed this season are tied for 8th least in the nation.


Miami: DE Rueben Bain Jr. earned ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors after stacking up 37 tackles, consisting of 7 1/2 takes on 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 deal with in every 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 country ´ s most versatile college football gamer and was also an AP first-team All American. He led the group with 886 yards getting and his 9 TD receptions ranked first in the SEC. He also led the league with 460 lawns with 2 goals. The junior likewise had a TD go to end up being the very first Aggie in the modern era 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 groups 48-33 in 2023 at Hard Rock Stadium. ... The Hurricanes have actually won 10 video games in consecutive seasons for the very first time because 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 lawns to publish the eighth 1,000-yard receiving season in school history. ... Mark Fletcher Jr. leads Miami with 685 lawns rushing. ... Jakobe Thomas is initially on the group with 4 interceptions. ... The Aggies are 7-0 at home this season. ... It ´ s the very 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 games dating back to last season. ... QB Marcel Reed has actually tossed for 963 backyards and 6 touchdowns and added 245 yards hurrying with two ratings in four video games this season versus AP Top 25 challengers. He needs 68 yards passing and 34 lawns hurrying to join 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 country by averaging 14.1 backyards per catch, led by Ashton Bethel-Roman ´ s 23 backyards per catch. ... The Aggies have actually restricted challengers to five or less 3rd down conversions in nine straight video games. ... ESPN ´ s College GameDay will relay from College Station, Texas, before the video game, the ninth time the program will be done on the Texas A&M school.