South Carolina’s official game notes can be found here.

QUICKLY: The South Carolina Gamecocks (3-6, 1-6 SEC) play their final road game, wrap up their 2025 SEC slate and look to keep their bowl hopes alive as they travel to College Station, Texas, for a Nov. 15 date with the No. 3/3 Texas A&M Aggies (8-0, 5-0 SEC). Game time is set for noon ET (11 am CT) at Kyle Field (102,733). This week’s tilt marks the fifth-straight contest in which Carolina has faced a top-15 opponent.

OVER THE AIRWAVES: This week’s game will be televised nationally on ESPN. Dave Pasch will handle the play-by-play with Dusty Dvoracek providing the color commentary. Taylor McGregor will work the sidelines for the mothership. ESPN Radio also has a national broadcast with Marc Kestecher and Kelly Stouffer in the booth and Ian Fitzsimmons on the sidelines. The Gamecock Sports Radio Network features a pair of Gamecock Hall of Fame quarterbacks in play-by-play voice Todd Ellis (34th season) and analyst Tommy Suggs (53rd season). Chet Tucker is back for his third year as the sideline reporter.

HOW WE GOT HERE: The Gamecocks enter this week’s contest with a 3-6 mark overall including a 1-6 record in SEC play. Carolina opened the season with a 24-11 non-conference win over Virginia Tech in Atlanta, then rolled past South Carolina State by a 38-10 margin in the home opener. The Gamecocks had their eight-game regular season winning streak and their 16-game winning streak against Vanderbilt snapped in a 31-7 decision in the SEC lid-lifter, then fell by a 29-20 count at Missouri before bouncing back with a convincing 35-13 win over Kentucky. After a bye week, the Gamecocks went to Baton Rouge and came up on the short end of a 20-10 decision to 11th-ranked LSU, then dropped back-to-back home decisions to No. 14/13 Oklahoma (26-7) and No. 4/4 Alabama (29-22) before losing at No. 7/8 Ole Miss, 30-14.

THEY REMEMBER NOVEMBER: Now that the calendar has flipped from Cocktober, the Gamecocks are trying to embark on another “November to Remember.” Shane Beamer’s teams have historically played their best ball in November, posting a 13-5 record in the month since Coach Beamer took over in 2021, including a 6-1 record against ranked opponents. In the seven years prior to Beamer’s arrival (2014-2020), the Gamecocks were 0-12 against ranked opponents in the month of November. The Gamecocks were 2-2 in November of 2021. They went 3-1 in November of 2022 including wins over No. 5 Tennessee and at No. 7 Clemson. After opening the 2023 season with a 2-6 mark, the Gamecocks went 3-1 in November. Last season, the Gamecocks were a perfect 5-0 in November with ranked wins over No. 10 Texas A&M, No. 24 Vanderbilt, No. 24 Missouri and at No. 12 Clemson.

NOT ALL SCHEDULES ARE CREATED EQUAL: South Carolina is wrapping up a stretch in which they have faced five top-15 teams in a row for the first time in school history. They played at No. 11 LSU and hosted No. 14 Oklahoma and No. 4 Alabama before playing at No. 7 Ole Miss in their last contest. Including this week’s game against Texas A&M, Carolina will have faced 11 ranked opponents over a 16-game stretch.