{"id":69460,"date":"2025-11-29T08:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T08:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/69460\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T08:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T08:57:11","slug":"why-texas-ams-loss-to-texas-clouds-aggies-college-football-playoff-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/69460\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Texas A&M’s loss to Texas clouds Aggies’ College Football Playoff resume"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas — When No. 3 Texas A&M<\/a> took the field at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium against rival No. 16 Texas for the first time in 15 years, they were greeted by chants from the home crowd.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Overrated! Overrated!”\u00a0<\/p>\n

It may be a slight from Texas fans, but it was an unfamiliar one to the Aggies. The last time Texas A&M was ranked higher than the hated Longhorns in an AP-ranked matchup was 1985. The 2010 Aggies’ win came in a year where Texas A&M was ranked and Texas missed a bowl. Simply, anytime Texas and Texas A&M have played meaningful football in the 21st Century, the Aggies have come in as underdogs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Friday, the Aggies were the center of attention. They could cement their first SEC Championship Game appearance and first-round bye in the College Football Playoff. And perhaps more delicious, they could plant a dagger in the heart of the Texas playoff case. Instead, in a stunning 27-17 loss, the battered Aggies of old re-emerged.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“We’re going to drive to College Station for the next two hours and it’s probably going to be really silent,” linebacker Taurean York<\/a> said. “It hurts a lot.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Texas A&M was resilient during its perfect 11-0 start, the first since 1992 in College Station. The program was defined by finding a way, whether it be through big plays from quarterback Marcel Reed<\/a> or their star-studded defense.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But against Texas, that confidence proved to be their undoing. The Aggies jumped out to a 10-3 lead at the half, and received the ball to start the third quarter. Texas A&M was 15-0 when leading at halftime under Mike Elko. A touchdown could have opened the floodgates.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Instead, Texas A&M gave up one of its worst quarters of the season, a 17-0 run to Texas dominated by missed opportunities. There was a botched fourth-and-1 call that was called for a false start, forcing a punt. The secondary bit hard on an Arch Manning<\/a> rushing attempt, leaving Ryan Wingo<\/a> wide open in the end zone for a toe-touching catch. Texas running back Quintrevion Wisner<\/a> took over for the second year in a row.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Texas A&M fought back in the fourth quarter, but the damage was done. Quarterback Marcel Reed threw two bad interceptions — including one in the red zone to safety Michael Taaffe<\/a>. The collapse was on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We wanted to go to the SEC championship,” York said. “We’re tired of losing to the same team in back-to-back years, tired of not winning that trophy.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Across the season, Texas A&M lived on a razor’s edge. They needed a magical fourth-down conversion to shock No. 8 Notre Dame<\/a> 41-40 under the watchful eye of Touchdown Jesus. They outlasted Arkansas<\/a> 45-42 and came from 27 points down in a 31-30 victory against South Carolina<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In big moments, Texas A&M has stood tall, but the on-field resume had some holes. The Aggies were 7-0 in SEC play, but the wins came against teams with a combined record of 11-41 in conference play. No. 16 Texas is the first team that Texas A&M played that was ranked in the committee’s top 25 since Notre Dame in Week 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Because of the mediocre resume, Texas A&M was the lowest-ranked of the remaining undefeateds at No. 3. Losing pushes them into the range of other one-loss teams. Certainly, No. 4 Georgia<\/a> will jump them after outlasting No. 23 Georgia Tech<\/a>. No. 5 Texas Tech<\/a> will also have a chance if they win the Big 12 next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With the disappointing loss against an up-and-down Texas team, will No. 6 Oregon<\/a> factor in? Or No. 7 Ole Miss<\/a>? And equally as disappointing, Texas A&M’s conference title drought dates back to 1998.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A rivalry game win is off the table, along with an SEC championship, but Texas A&M still has plenty to play for. The Aggies are a lock for the College Football Playoff with an 11-1 record in the SEC. A lone bright spot, the postseason could now head to Kyle Field if the Aggies fall out of the top four.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“There’s a lot in front of us,” Reed said. “We’ve got a lot to work for, so we can’t hold our heads down. We’ve got to get prepared for what’s next.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

On a gloomy day in Austin, Texas A&M had a chance to silence critics and put the notorious Battered Aggie Syndrome behind them. Instead, once again, they came up short.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas — When No. 3 Texas A&M took the field at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3230,265,261,262,4055,12468,2163,7911,20718,266,35413,27,3042,260,6992,760,29,28],"class_list":["post-69460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-arch-manning","tag-cfp","tag-college-football","tag-college-football-playoff","tag-marcel-reed","tag-michael-taaffe","tag-mike-elko","tag-quintrevion-wisner","tag-ryan-wingo","tag-sec-football","tag-taurean-york","tag-texas","tag-texas-am","tag-texas-am-aggies","tag-texas-am-football","tag-texas-football","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}