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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 very first time where the Hurricanes are competing for their sixth championship game and initially considering that 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 aims to recover and make a deep playoff run after a 27-17 loss to archrival Texas in the regular-season finale ruined its perfect season. These groups 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 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 tie Oklahoma for most in the country. Texas A&M is led by protective end Cashius Howell, a first string AP All-America selection and the SEC Defensive Player of the Year who led the SEC and ranks fourth in the country with 11 1/2 sacks. The Hurricanes are among the very best in the country at securing the quarterback and the 11 sacks they enabled this season are connected for eighth least in the .


Miami: DE Rueben Bain Jr. earned ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors after stacking up 37 takes on, including 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 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 country ´ s most flexible college football gamer and was also 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 backyards with 2 touchdowns. The junior likewise had a TD run to become the 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 teams 48-33 in 2023 at Acid Rock Stadium. ... The Hurricanes have won 10 video games in successive seasons for the first time given that 2002-03. ... Miami hasn ´ t permitted 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 backyards to post the 8th 1,000-yard getting season in school history. ... Mark Fletcher Jr. leads Miami with 685 lawns hurrying. ... Jakobe Thomas is first on the group with 4 interceptions. ... The Aggies are 7-0 in your home this season. ... It ´ s the very first time given that 2012 that Texas A&M has 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 tossed for 963 backyards and six touchdowns and added 245 yards rushing with two ratings in four games this season versus AP Top 25 challengers. He needs 68 backyards passing and 34 lawns rushing to join Johnny Manziel (two times) and Jerrod Johnson as the only players in school history to toss for 3,000 backyards and rush for 500 lawns 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 limited opponents to five or fewer third down conversions in 9 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.