The hype is continuing to grow around Texas A&M football's prospects for the 2025 season. The Aggies return a bevy of key players, including their entire offensive line and their best weapon in Le'Veon Moss, have upgraded the receiver spot significantly through the transfer portal, and have several defensive playmakers coming back as well.
Combine that with some savvy coaching moves made by Mike Elko in the hires of Lyle Hemphill and John Perry, addressing the Aggies' weak spots on each side of the ball from last year, and it's not hard to see why the Ags are a team with a great chance to make some noise in the SEC this upcoming year. The schedule is unforgiving, but this is an Aggie team well-suited to face it head-on.
The Ags are falling in the lower parts of most preseason top 25 rankings, no doubt thanks to the sour taste of their late-season losing streak from 2024. However, the computer rankings have been kinder to the Aggies— but none has been as high on A&M yet as ESPN's recently-released FPI, which has the Ags as a top-10 team entering the 2025 season.
Texas A&M ranked as 8th-best team in nation according to ESPN FPI
The rankings, released today, see the Aggies as an impressive no. 8 in the nation.
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That's the good news. The bad news is that, given the Aggies' schedule, that ranking equates to a smooth 8-4 final record, according to FPI projections.
The Aggies play Notre Dame and Texas both on the road, both of whom are ranked ahead of them. A win in either game would skyrocket their chances of getting to double-digit wins, and therefore their playoff chances. FPI's projections also see the Aggies with around a 35% chance of making the playoff, which is decent, but also the lowest in the top 10.
Other placements of note are Auburn and South Carolina at 14 and 15, Florida at 18, and Arkansas and Missouri at 22 and 23. The Aggies get the first three games at home, but they play the Hogs and Mizzou on the road. In total, that's 8 of the Aggies' games— nearly all of their conference slate, with only Mississippi State (ranked 52nd) missing the mark— against top-25 teams per this rating.
For comparison, Texas only plays 6 games against FPI top-25 teams. The Aggies are in for a tough road this season, but if they can emerge relatively unscathed, then the playoff is a definite possibility for them.