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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 teams are in the College Football for the very first time where the Hurricanes are contending for their sixth national champion and initially since 2001. The Aggies have a much longer drought after their last national 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 ending ruined its ideal season. These groups 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 very first two weeks of the season. The winner gets a journey 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 a lot of in the country. Texas A&M is led by protective end Cashius Howell, a very first group 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 very best in the country at safeguarding the quarterback and the 11 sacks they permitted this season are connected for eighth fewest in the country.
Miami: DE Rueben Bain Jr. earned ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors after accumulating 37 tackles, consisting of 7 1/2 deals with for loss and 4 1/2 sacks this season. He likewise required 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 finale at Pittsburgh.
Texas A&M: WR/PR K.C. Concepcion won the Paul Hornung Award as the nation ´ s most flexible college football gamer and was likewise an AP first-team All American. He led the team with 886 backyards getting and his nine TD receptions ranked initially in the SEC. He also led the league with 460 punt return lawns with 2 goals. The junior likewise had a TD run to end up being the very first Aggie in the modern 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 actually won 10 games in successive seasons for the first time since 2002-03. ... Miami hasn ´ t permitted 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 yards to publish the 8th 1,000-yard receiving season in school history. ... Mark Fletcher Jr. leads Miami with 685 backyards hurrying. ... Jakobe Thomas is initially on the team with 4 interceptions. ... The Aggies are 7-0 at home this season. ... It ´ s the first time since 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 video games going back to last season. ... QB Marcel Reed has actually thrown for 963 backyards and 6 goals and added 245 yards hurrying with two ratings in 4 games this season against AP Top 25 challengers. He requires 68 yards passing and 34 lawns hurrying to sign up with Johnny Manziel (two times) and Jerrod Johnson as the only gamers 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 balancing 14.1 lawns per catch, led by Ashton Bethel-Roman ´ s 23 lawns per catch. ... The Aggies have limited challengers to five or less 3rd down conversions in nine straight games. ... ESPN ´ s College GameDay will relay from College Station, Texas, before the video game, the ninth time the show will be done on the Texas A&M campus.