CFP Forecast Puts Aggies Among Elites
The latest ESPN projection after Week 10 slots the undefeated Texas A&M Aggies at No. 4 in the College Football Playoff field, trailing Ohio State, Indiana and Alabama. The Aggies have opened 8-0 for the first time since 1992, highlighted by a thrilling 41-40 upset at Notre Dame. Injuries, such as the loss of star running back Le’Veon Moss, have tested the team, but their perfect record and strong road wins (though against an ailing LSU and a rebuilding Arkansas) keep them in the mix. Alabama’s résumé, bolstered by three ranked road victories, nudges it ahead—setting up a likely SEC Championship showdown if both programs finish undefeated.
In a move that surely gratifies absolutely no one except the 37 people who run ESPN’s projection machine, the Aggies find themselves tantalizingly short of top-three glory. It’s the modern miracle of college football rankings—where beating the same two schools every year counts for less than moonwalking your quarterback across a frozen tundra. Fear not, A&M faithful: next year, schedule a game in zero-gravity and you’ll rocket to No. 1. Until then, brace for the existential dread of being undefeated and still the fourth fiddle.
Bye Week Bliss: Aggies Hold Steady at No. 3
After a well-timed bye, Texas A&M remained at No. 3 in both the AP and Coaches Polls, sandwiched between Ohio State and Indiana. Despite six upsets among ranked teams elsewhere, the Aggies saw no movement, holding one and three first-place votes in each poll respectively. With road tests at Missouri and rival Texas looming, they sit 68 points behind Indiana and 46 behind the Hoosiers in coaches’ voting, yet comfortably ahead of Alabama and the rest of the SEC. A perfect finish could vault them into the top two and secure a CFP berth.
Pollsters everywhere heave a collective sigh of relief: those frantic hours counting imaginary votes paid off, and the Aggies remain exactly where they were before everyone blinked. It’s the sporting equivalent of rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic, except the iceberg is the final month of the season and the deck chairs are microscopic point differentials. But hey, at least the team had a nap. If only AP voters could draft off the nap, we might see some real movement.
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