Texas A&M football, as opposed to the opener against Notre Dame last year, should have a far more relaxing opening weekend for fans in 2025. The Aggies will welcome in the UTSA Roadrunners in week one for a game that will be broadcast in prime time on ESPN, giving A&M some pretty solid exposure.
Now, let's be fair here: UTSA, as Group of Five teams go, is a pretty solid squad. The Roadrunners return a lot of personnel from an offense that was not too shabby, all things considered, and they'll be coming into Kyle Field hungry to get a program-changing win over the Aggies.
They face really long odds in order to do so, though, and I don't think this is an A&M team that they can catch sleeping. Mike Elko's culture is far different than that of Jimbo Fisher, as we've already seen thus far in his tenure— but that hasn't stopped some from making some pretty bold predictions about what UTSA might do in game one.
Texas A&M fans in disbelief over prediction that UTSA will take down Aggies in week one
The following post started popping up in Texas A&M circles the other day, and Aggie fans were in a little bit of disbelief over it:
Texas A&M only beat Bowling Green by 6 points last season. UTSA has a real shot at taking them down.
— Tom (@TherealTRUGG) August 11, 2025
A&M also played New Mexico State and won 38–3... against a team that went 3–9, with notable losses to Sam Houston (31–11) and Jacksonville State (54–13). These aren’t exactly G5… pic.twitter.com/5w9cOm8HAe
The Bowling Green game was one of the worst of the season, of course, but the Falcons also nearly knocked off Penn State right before that— and the Nittany Lions made a national semifinal! Marcel was not near what he would become in that game, either, and the defense was already showing some of the issues that would really hurt them down the stretch.
Aggie fans were quick to let this guy know what was up:
Wait you’re being serious
— Schmeeb (@txstplswin) August 11, 2025
UTSA is not Bowling Green last year, who also nearly beat Penn State
— Jaxson Callaway (AT) (@AggiesToday) August 11, 2025
— 𝓐𝓰𝓰𝓲𝓮𝓔𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓼 (@AggieEdits12) August 11, 2025
Didn’t Oregon struggle with IDAHO (an FCS team) week 1 last year??
— Karson Bynum (@Karson_Bynum25) August 12, 2025
Look, maybe Texas A&M will struggle more than fans would like with UTSA— according to predictive models, the Roadrunners are a good sight better than, say, Mississippi State. However, it would really take a lot for them to actually lose this one if they're anything like the team that we think, and the computers predict, they will be.
This isn't a team like in 2022 that was playing a bunch of young guys, including true freshmen from that highly-rated class, all over the field. It's a very senior squad for the Aggies in their second year in a system, where they'll no doubt see a lot of improvement. I just don't see this one happening.