Texas A&M is a fixture in pretty much every single top 25 heading into the season this year, as last year's 11-2 finish showed the nation that the Aggies are a program on the rise under Mike Elko. Though the Aggies were probably underrated most of last season relative to what they had accomplished on the field, being a top-3 squad for most of the year helped with perception.
Coming into 2026, though the Aggies are getting a little more respect, they're once again being underrated. The latest post-spring top 25 from Saturday Blitz shows that this is unfortunately becoming a trend for this program, and that the Aggies will have to go out and earn respect once more.
Texas A&M's placement in post-spring Top 25 still is underselling Aggies' massive potential
Here's what Saturday Blitz's Nicholas Rome had to say about the Aggies, who he has at number nine:
"Mike Elko and the Texas A&M Aggies will be looking to build on the success they had last season with the hopes of going on a deeper run in the College Football Playoff. Marcel Reed and Mario Craver will be one of the most exciting duos in the country, but the offensive line replaces 4 starters. The defense has a ton of talent to replace, but the depth is there for the Aggies to be solid once again."Nicholas Rome
You can't really say that the Aggies are getting disrespected with an evaluation like that, but it's also not quite as positive as it could be. There's no mention of the added dimension that Isaiah Horton will bring, nor the potential breakout of a guy like Jamarion Morrow, who looked all but completely unstoppable in the spring game.
The concern about the offensive line has been somewhat defused thanks to the great work that the Aggies have done through the transfer portal with that position group. Texas A&M brought in four SEC starters along the offensive front, and under the guiding hand of Adam Cushing— not to mention the rising group of highly promising young players— that looks like much less of a pitfall than it was at the start of the offseason.
The defensive line lost all four starters, three of whom were NFL Draft selections, but the work through the portal again is promising. Anto Saka and Ryan Henderson were big time pickups at defensive end, and Marco Jones is poised to break out as well— and then you have guys like CJ Mims on the interior to complement another highly promising young group.
There is, frankly speaking, no real reason that the Ole Miss Rebels should be ahead of the Aggies in this ranking. The Rebs are at number eight here, and after losing everything they did to the portal— not to mention the departure of Lane Kiffin and their offensive coordinator— putting them over the Ags is, frankly speaking, crazy talk.
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