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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 groups remain in the College Football Playoff for the very first time where the Hurricanes are contending for their 6th championship game and first considering that 2001. The Aggies have a much longer dry spell after their last national 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 get better and make a deep playoff run after a 27-17 loss to in the regular-season ending spoiled its perfect season. These teams had one typical challenger this season with Miami and Texas A&M handing Notre Dame its only two losses in close video 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 connect Oklahoma for many in the country. Texas A&M is led by protective end Cashius Howell, a first team AP All-America choice 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 very best in the country at securing the quarterback and the 11 sacks they allowed this season are connected for 8th fewest in the country.


Miami: DE Rueben Bain Jr. earned ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors after accumulating 37 takes on, including 7 1/2 deals with for loss and 4 1/2 sacks this season. He likewise forced a fumble, had an interception and two pass separations 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 country ´ s most versatile college football player and was likewise an AP first-team All American. He led the group with 886 backyards receiving and his nine TD receptions ranked initially in the SEC. He also led the league with 460 punt return backyards with 2 touchdowns. The junior also had a TD run to become the first Aggie in the modern-day era of football to have a TD reception, scoring run and punt return score in a single season.


Miami won the last conference in between these groups 48-33 in 2023 at Acid Rock Stadium. ... The Hurricanes have actually won 10 games in consecutive seasons for the very first time because 2002-03. ... Miami hasn ´ t enabled more than 17 points in its last four 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 lawns to publish the eighth 1,000-yard getting 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 actually had at least 100,000 fans at Kyle Field for 10 straight video games going back to last season. ... QB Marcel Reed has tossed for 963 lawns and six touchdowns and included 245 lawns rushing with 2 scores in 4 games this season versus AP Top 25 opponents. He requires 68 backyards passing and 34 backyards hurrying to join Johnny Manziel (twice) and Jerrod Johnson as the only gamers in school history to toss for 3,000 yards and rush for 500 backyards in a season. ... Texas A&M ´ s receivers rank 11th in the country by averaging 14.1 lawns per catch, led by Ashton Bethel-Roman ´ s 23 yards per catch. ... The Aggies have actually restricted opponents to 5 or fewer third down conversions in 9 straight 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 school.