Texas A&M heads into Week 7 with little room to breathe, and the matchup in front of it offers a chance to clean things up before the back half of the season takes over.
The Aggies return home for their final non-conference game of the 2026 slate, a meeting with The Citadel that comes at a time when Texas A&M is trying to steady an uneven season and avoid slipping under .500. With the year not going the way the Aggies expected, this one feels like a chance to reset some things on their own field.
Texas A&M also enters the game without an availability report, since this is a non-conference matchup. Still, one injury situation worth monitoring is wide receiver Mario Craver. He was a game-time decision against Missouri before ultimately playing, and he has been working through an ankle injury that started in the LSU game.
The other side of this matchup brings its own questions. The Citadel has had similar offensive struggles, and its latest game featured a rotation of quarterbacks.
Quentin Hayes leads the team with 302 passing yards, though he is completing under 50 percent of his throws. He has also been productive on the ground, ranking second on the team with 292 rushing yards.
Nick Billoups has added 244 passing yards and owns a 65.7 percent completion rate. He is also third on the team in rushing with 156 yards. With those numbers in play, Texas A&M should be ready for a wide range of signal-callers throughout the game.
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Miami is still pushing hard, with Mario Cristobal and the Hurricanes continuing to make Matthews a priority. A trip to Coral Gables would not change anything immediately, but it would give another program a chance to make its pitch in a setting built to impress, which is exactly why Texas A&M supporters are watching this situation so closely. [Read more 🡒]
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The focus is straightforward: play with control on offense, show a strong defensive effort and get the deep passing game working without giving the ball away. It is also a chance to address the issues that have lingered earlier in the season, because a convincing outing here would not fix everything, but it would at least give Texas A&M something sturdier to build on. [Read more 🡒]
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