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The 2025 College Football Playoff first round continues with No. 10 Miami taking on No. 7 Texas A&M. The winner will advance to face No. 2 Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Eve.
The score is tied 3-3 in the fourth quarter. Follow for live play-by-play updates and analysis from The Athletic’s college football staff.
Q4 4:38 – Miami 3, Texas A&M 3
A Marcel Reed scramble sets up third-and-6… and he’s sacked again by Reuben Bain! That sets up fourth-and-9… and Mike Elko keeps his offense on the field. Here we go.
Q4 6:15 – Miami 3, Texas A&M 3
Terry Bussey fights through contact after a short catch for a first down!
Q4 7:30 – Miami 3, Texas A&M 3
Carson Beck hits Malachi Toney over the middle, AND TEXAS A&M STRIPS THE BALL FROM HIM AND RECOVERS THE FUMBLE AT MIDFIELD.
What a massive swing toward the Aggies!
Q4 7:30 – Miami 3, Texas A&M 3
Mark Fletcher takes one up the middle, and sure enough, gets past the Miami 40 before getting brought down! Good start to this drive for the Canes.
If this game goes into overtime, CFP officials should let them skip the first two periods and go straight to two-point conversions.
Texas A&M running back Le'Veon Moss, returning from injury for the first time since mid-October, was my X-factor entering the game. He currently has seven carries for just 15 yards (2.1 ypc), plus one catch for 5 yards. No one is lighting it up on offense, but whether Moss is healthy or not, his return hasn't made an impact.
Moss appeared to reinjure his ankle on Texas A&M’s last drive and went to the locker room.
I'll go back to the fourth-and-2 play at the end of the third quarter. Miami had the ball just into A&M territory and chose to punt (after an initial delay of game). I understand choosing field position, but I also think Miami simply gave away a pretty solid opportunity. It ended in a long drive and an Aggies field goal.
Randy Bond was 11 out of 18 before connecting on that 35-yard field goal to tie it up at 3 with 8:03 left in regulation. That Texas A&M drive took 16 plays, 67 yards and 7:30 off the clock. I don't think Miami wants to trot its kicker back out there. So, advantage A&M?
Q4 8:03 – Miami 3, Texas A&M 3
Texas A&M goes back to the tight end screen, and it falls incomplete. Here comes Randy Bond to attempt a 35-yard field goal, and he drills it. We are tied at 3!
Q4 9:28 – Miami 3, Texas A&M 0
Marcel Reed is sacked for the fifth time today, and none bigger than that one from Akheem Mesidor!
Miami defensive tackle Ahmad Moten the latest Hurricanes starter to exit with injury. He walked off the field under his own power and headed for the lockerroom. The Hurricanes have held Texas A&M to 71 rushing yards on 27 attempts until this point with 9:44 remaining in the fourth quarter. Moten has been a big part of it.
Q4 9:44 – Miami 3, Texas A&M 0
Marcel Reed hits Mario Craver in stride. First down inside the Miami 20.
Q4 10:11 – Miami 3, Texas A&M 0
The ruling on the field is upheld. First-and-10 Aggies at Miami’s 31-yard line.
You can invest hundreds of millions in facilities, tens of millions on coaches salaries and NIL, and your program's fate still comes down to a kicker missing a 22-yard FG or a bad fake punt throw.
Q4 10:11 – Miami 3, Texas A&M 0
The completion to KC Concepcion gets called back as expected, but Marcel Reed finds Ashton Bethel-Roman for just enough yardage for a first down!
It looks like Bethel-Roman got to the line to gain, but the play is under review.
Texas A&M has to score at some point.
Starting 11-0, getting knocked out of the SEC title game by your biggest rival and then getting shut out at home in the Playoff is an ending to a season almost too bleak for words.
Q4 10:38 – Miami 3, Texas A&M 0
The Aggies get another first down, this one courtesy of an offside on Miami. Marcel Reed then scrambles and hits KC Concepcion downfield to get to the Miami 20, but it was a low throw, so we’ll see if Concepcion comes down with it. It looks like he didn’t.
Q4 12:15 – Miami 3, Texas A&M 0
The Aggies convert on third down again, as Mario Craver fights through contact on a screen to get just enough yardage. Texas A&M is now near midfield.
Q4 13:15 – Miami 3, Texas A&M 0
Two nice-looking passes from Marcel Reed to Ashton Bethel-Roman give Texas A&M a huge first down after being backed up against its own goal line on a second-and-18 following the sack. But a long way to go before the Aggies can threaten to score.
