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Texas A&M Hosts Miami in College Football Playoff Debut for Both Teams

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 are in the College Football Playoff for the first time where the Hurricanes are competing for their sixth national champion and initially considering that 2001. The Aggies have a much longer drought after their last nationwide title was available in 1939. The Hurricanes got the last at-large playoff spot over Notre Dame thanks to their 27-24 win over the Fighting Irish in the season opener. Texas A&M aims to recuperate and make a deep playoff run after a 27-17 loss to archrival Texas in the regular-season ending ruined its perfect season. These teams had one common opponent 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 trip to the Cotton Bowl to play No. 2 seed Ohio State on Dec. 31.

Texas A&M ´ s vs. Miami ´ s offensive line. The Aggies have 41 sacks this season to tie Oklahoma for a lot of in the nation. 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 nation with 11 1/2 sacks. The Hurricanes are among the very best in the country at protecting the quarterback and the 11 sacks they enabled this season are tied for 8th least in the nation.

Miami: DE Rueben Bain Jr. earned ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors after piling 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 two pass breaks up to lead Miami ´ s defense. He had at least one take on in every 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 versatile college football player and was likewise an AP first-team All American. He led the group with 886 yards receiving and his nine TD receptions ranked initially in the SEC. He likewise led the league with 460 punt return lawns with two goals. The junior likewise had a TD go to become the very first Aggie in the modern-day age 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 Hard Rock Stadium. … The Hurricanes have actually won 10 games in consecutive seasons for the very 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 backyards to post 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 because 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 dating back to last season. … QB Marcel Reed has actually thrown for 963 lawns and six goals and included 245 yards rushing with 2 scores in 4 games this season against AP Top 25 opponents. He needs 68 yards passing and 34 lawns rushing to join Johnny Manziel (two times) and Jerrod Johnson as the only players in school history to throw for 3,000 lawns and rush for 500 yards 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 backyards per catch. … The Aggies have limited opponents to five or less 3rd down conversions in nine straight 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.