Texas A&M is, improbably, 10-0.

The No. 3 Aggies came back from a 30-3 halftime deficit to beat South Carolina 31-30 on Saturday. And it took A&M less than 20 minutes to erase that lead too.

RB E.J. Smith scored the go-ahead TD with 10:47 remaining as the Aggies scored touchdowns on the first four of their drives in the second half.

As Texas A&M was rolling, South Carolina couldn’t move the ball. The Gamecocks had 53 yards on their first five drives of the second half.

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Yet South Carolina had a chance to steal the win back after this trick play near the goal line resulted in a fumble.

However, the Aggies’ defense didn’t let South Carolina across midfield before the Gamecocks turned the ball over on downs. LaNorris Sellers took a sack needing just one yard on second down before he was sacked again on third down and then decided to run the ball for little gain on fourth down.

In case you’re wondering, the Aggies’ comeback is still eight points short of the FBS record for biggest comeback win. Michigan State overcame a 38-3 Northwestern lead with 9:54 left in the third quarter to win 41-38 in 2006. It is the biggest comeback in school history, though.

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The Aggies simply marched down the field on those second-half touchdown drives too. Smith’s TD was the 10th play of a 99-yard drive after South Carolina had pinned a punt inside the Texas A&M 1-yard line.

On the three previous drives, the Aggies went 225 total yards in just 17 plays. All three of them ended in passing touchdowns from QB Marcel Reed after Reed had a horrible first half.

Reed was picked off twice in the first 30 minutes and, no joke, could have thrown a half-dozen interceptions. He got away with numerous throws that bounced off South Carolina defenders hands and fell to the ground.

South Carolina also returned a fumble for a touchdown and had a 50-yard passing TD over the first two quarters. As Reed struggled, kicker Randy Bond missed two field goals too. His second miss — from just 24 yards away — came after Texas A&M’s Dalton Brooks had returned an interception inside the South Carolina 10-yard line.

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As Reed found his footing in the second half, it was Sellers’ turn to struggle in the second half. The potential first-round NFL Draft pick had a half to forget as South Carolina’s offense couldn’t get anything going. He finished the game 15-of-30 passing for 246 yards with two touchdowns and an interception while rushing for 48 yards.

Reed ended up throwing for 439 yards as he was 22-of-39 passing.

Texas A&M keeps its SEC title hopes alive

It was hard not to think of 2024 as South Carolina was dismantling the Aggies in the first half. A season ago, the Aggies entered November with a real chance at making the SEC title game before a 24-point loss to South Carolina kicked off a three-game SEC losing streak that dropped the Aggies to 8-4 overall and out of the SEC title picture.

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This season, Texas A&M could even make the SEC title game without beating Texas in the final week if the Aggies get some help from other teams near the top of the conference. And the win means that no SEC team can clinch a spot in the title game until Week 14.

Saturday’s comeback is also one that shows how Texas A&M is a legitimate threat for the national championship. With Samford on tap in Week 13, the Aggies will assuredly be 11-0 when they head to Austin in what could be the first game in the longstanding rivalry with both teams ranked in the top 12 since 1977.