Texas A&M’s surge against Arkansas still wasn’t enough to get the Aggies back into the AP Top 25.
For the second week in a row, the voters left Mike Elko’s team out of the poll heading into Week 6, even after a dominant showing against the Razorbacks. The Aggies opened the year ranked No. 8, beat Missouri State and Arizona State, then stumbled with losses to Kentucky and LSU before trying to steady the ship.
That early stretch has already told a messy story. Texas A&M’s opener against Missouri State gave the Aggies a clean start, with Marcel Reed turning in his best game of the season and posting a season-high completion percentage. The offense moved efficiently, the defense smothered the Bears, and Missouri State was held under 100 yards.
The next week brought a tougher test, but one A&M still handled. Arizona State came in with hopes of pulling off a road upset in front of the 12th Man, and Kenny Dillingham’s team made it a fight for three quarters. Texas A&M, though, pulled away late and won 48-20.
Then came the first conference game at Kyle Field, and Kentucky flipped the script. After the Wildcats’ 31-21 win, the Aggies were left with more questions than answers.
That was the game where A&M’s third-quarter issues first became impossible to ignore, as the offense was shut out 21-0 in that stretch and the defense had no response. Texas A&M also went just 3-for-6 on fourth down.
The slide continued in the first road game of the year at LSU. The Tigers controlled most of the night, and A&M again got buried in the third quarter, being outscored 21-3. Reed finished with only 106 passing yards and ended the game with negative rushing yards, while the defense gave up 194 yards on the ground and 312 through the air.
The Arkansas game went much better, but not enough to move the Aggies back into the Top 25.
Now Texas A&M heads to Columbia for a road matchup with Missouri, which just upset a Top 10 team. The game is set for Saturday, October 10, at 11 a.m. on ABC.
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For the Aggies, that makes the matchup a little more complicated than it looked before kickoff in Columbia. Missouri is not just riding momentum from a marquee win, it is doing it with an offense capable of stretching defenses and a front that can create problems all game long, which is exactly the kind of combination that can turn a top-25 meeting into a much bigger test than expected. Texas A&M cant ignore what the Tigers just put on tape, because the next challenge now looks a lot less forgiving. [Read more 🡒]