Kentucky heads to College Station in Week 3 with Texas A&M installed as the clear favorite, according to Polymarket App traders.
The Aggies are listed with an 88% chance to win and a 52% chance to cover the 16.5-point spread. The total is sitting at 49.5 points as of Tuesday morning.
Kickoff and television details are also available for the matchup.
Kentucky arrives after a rough finish against Alabama. The Wildcats led 17-13 at halftime before the Crimson Tide took control and rolled to a 45-17 win. Quarterback Kenny Minchey finished that game 18-of-31 for 146 yards with one touchdown and one interception, production Kentucky will need to improve if it wants to pull off the upset against a top 10 Texas A&M team.
After the loss, Will Stein pointed to protection issues and the difficulty of attacking Alabama’s coverage looks.
“Five-out is usually a good answer to drop coverage, or them playing shell and taking away deep shots, and playing a lot of guys underneath. You want to flood their zones,” Will Stein said after the loss to Alabama.
“But when you have a tough time in pass protection, that’s obviously an issue too. So, it will be something that we will look at and get corrected.”
Stein also praised the Aggies while making it clear Kentucky has work to do.
“I really firmly believe they are one of the best in the country,” Stein continued. “Might not have shown it statistically today.
There are some things that we have to improve on as a whole. When you have sack yards that are included in rushing yards, it obviously goes backwards.
We’ve got to improve that. Cannot get the quarterback hit.
We got to protect the football to give our guys better opportunities.”
Texas A&M comes in at 2-0 after a 48-20 win over Arizona State. Marcel Reed completed 15 of 25 passes for 163 yards, three touchdowns and one interception in that victory.
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