Texas A&M has fallen to 23 in the week three AP Poll following their upset loss to the Kentucky Wildcats at home yesterday. It was obvious that the Aggies would take a dive in the polls— and in national opinion overall— after what we saw yesterday, but while this was expected, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it is correct.
The Aggies still have a chance to be a good team, as disheartening as the result yesterday was. You have to expect pollsters to ding Texas A&M for something like this, but there’s also a chance for them to work their way back up in the rankings in the upcoming weeks.
We’ll know much more about this team and what this result really means in a couple of weeks— for now, while there are things to take away from it, we shouldn’t rush to judgment in the slightest.
Texas A&M’s week three AP Poll slide was expected, but it’s not necessarily correct
This poll also shows just how tough the road ahead for the Aggies is going to be. There are five upcoming opponents for the Aggies in this poll, and one more that is receiving votes in the Oklahoma Sooners. They will take on the first of those this week when they venture to Baton Rouge in a game that has lost some of its luster now, but it will no doubt be a dogfight— LSU is not only a good team, but they, like the Aggies, now have their backs against the wall.
Even so, the Ags will be underdogs in that one— and maybe even against Missouri as well. Unless something huge changes, there’s no way they’ll be favored in Tuscaloosa, either. That’s a really tough row to hoe ahead, and— again— it’s not even considering the fact that their game against Oklahoma could well see the Sooners back in the top 25 as well.
Sustaining an early-season loss like this one has to have the Aggies feeling pretty badly about their chances to make the College Football Playoff, but the other side of the coin is that it gives the Aggies a heck of a lot of room to rise in the upcoming weeks. The loss to the Wildcats can be erased if A&M comes out and knocks off some of these ranked opponents on their schedule— with LSU first up.
In other words, this is just as much an opportunity as it is an intimidating prospect. Elko has already talked about how this is now a team that is going to be the underdog going forward— and the Aggies have operated well in that space in the past. Hopefully, we see just that happen.
Don’t give up on the Aggies too early. The national media may have, but the talent this team has is going to come together in a big way as the season comes on— they have too much going for them for that not to happen. This is now a very dangerous squad for opponents to contend with.
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