The solely sport that options two ranked opponents this weekend takes place in College Station. When No. 9 Missouri takes on No. 25 Texas A&M in a marquee SEC matchup with excessive stakes.
Following their Week 1 loss to Notre Dame the Aggies have been rolling, successful 4 straight video games together with their first two SEC matchups of the season beneath new head coach Mike Elko. But does Texas A&M have what it takes to hold the ball rolling and make their means into the College Football Playoff?
College soccer analyst Rece Davis believes there is an opportunity for the Aggies, explaining to Pete Thamel why Texas A&M can’t be counted out of the postseason simply but on the College GameDay Podcast.
“Not yet because of the schedule, and I always say if you’re not good enough, a loss will find you. But what if you’re good enough to navigate the schedule in front of you?” Davis requested. “And you also have the advantage of home games, which for the majority of their big games remaining, almost all of them, almost exclusively, Texas A&M will be in College Station. So I think they sort of fit into that mold.”
Four ranked opponents stand in Texas A&M’s means this season, all of which have to face the Aggies on their dwelling area in certainly one of the most hostile environments in faculty soccer. And regardless of already dropping a kind of video games to the Fighting Irish, a robust playoff contender in their very own proper, a number of groups still have a path like the Aggies.
“Our friend Bill Connelly, you sent me this stat first thing this morning actually, that as we start October 44 teams have at least a 3% chance of a playoff bid. That’s per SP+,” Davis mentioned. “Now what does 3% mean? I don’t know … The point is that there is a chance and there is hope.”
There’s hope for Texas A&M and a number of one-loss or undefeated groups in the nation who enter the month of October ranked. Fueled by a dedication to the run sport and redshirt freshman quarterback Marcel Reed main the cost instead of an injured Conner Weigman.
“You’ve said this a lot of times, and it pertains to coaching changes, it pertains to fan interest. If you can sell hope, that’s a good thing for a lot of different teams,” Davis mentioned to Thamel. “And I think Texas A&M would fall into that category in the SEC and there are multitude of teams across other conferences that fall into that category.”
Hope is arduous to measure, however there’s positively some residing in College Station for the Aggies. Which will solely enhance if Texas A&M is in a position to safe an enormous win this weekend over a top-10-ranked opponent.
