Texas A&M vs. Miami football preview, prediction

Texas A&M is 1-1 and coming off a home loss to Appalachian State. Miami is still perfect through 2 games, but played an unranked Southern Miss a little too close at home last weekend.

Texas A&M needs to get aggressive against Miami. Last week, A &M had 186 yards, was 2 of 8 on third down and held the ball for 18 minutes. Haynes King has a good enough arm to dish to Evan Stewart and Ainias Smith on the perimeter.

Tyler Van Dyke has been impressive in Josh Gattis' system. Miami's offense averages 9.0 yards per play and runs well. Henry Parrish and Thaddius Franklin have 7 touchdowns between them.

A&M's defense will test Miami's. A&m's offense should be able to tap the deep portion of the field.

Texas A&M is 22-5 at home under Jimbo Fisher and 28-2 against non-conference teams since joining the SEC. A & M is 3rd in SEC allowing 8.5 ppg and 1st allowing 112. 5 pass yards per game. Miami is 5-6 against top 25 teams and 3-0 in its last 3 games at A+M's.

Miami needs to test Texas A&M's front seven with its productive ground attack and with Van Dyke putting the ball deep early. A &M needs the tempo and establish the run behind Devon Achane. Miami is 8th nationally allowing 58.5 yards per game on the ground.