Even though the Texas A&M football team didn’t play, it was an exciting week of football for Aggie fans. Heck, it was an exciting week of football for any fans.
On Saturday, eight ranked teams took a loss, including four who ranked in front of the Texas A&M football team. As expected, the Aggies won the bye week, at least to some capacity. With two losses already on the year, Jimbo Fisher needs as many teams ahead of him to lose if he wants to compete for a spot in the College Football Playoff.
So with all of these ranked teams losing, where will the Texas A&M football team rank in Sunday’s AP Poll?
The Texas A&M football team should surge into the top ten of the AP Poll
I don’t want to jinx anything, but everything that needed to happen for the Aggies to re-enter the top ten of the AP Poll has happened. Here’s a quick breakdown.
- No. 6 Michigan fell in one of the best college football games of the year against No. 8 Michigan State. This is the trickiest one, as the Wolverines could potentially stay above A&M’s positioning.
- No. 9 Iowa lost to unranked Wisconsin. This should be the first team that the Aggies are virtually guaranteed to jump.
- No. 10 Ole Miss faced No. 18 Auburn in a battle between the Aggies’ next two opponents.
- No. 12 Kentucky lost to the same unranked Mississippi State football team that beat Texas A&M a few weeks ago.
There are a couple of issues that could prevent the Texas A&M football team from entering the top ten of the AP Poll.
The first is that No. 18 Auburn is one of the teams who won. Granted, if there’s any controversy between the positioning of these two teams, it’ll be decided next weekend, but it would still be nice to see the Aggies get the nod here. Auburn could potentially jump Texas A&M and steal the available top ten spot.
The other issue is that Michigan may not drop far enough to allow the Aggies to move forward. They lost to another top ten team in Michigan State, so it wouldn’t seem unfair for them to only move down a few positions.
All of this puts Texas A&M somewhere in the 11-12 range, but a jump into the top ten is not out of the picture. Whether or not they actually manage to sneak into the ten spot will depend on how far the voters’ memory goes back.
Either way, the Aggies still have a lot of work to do moving forward. It should be a fun finish to the year.