Texas A&M Aggies College Football Betting
The Texas A&M Aggies will grudgingly go to a bowl game that follows a lost season in which head coach Jimbo Fisher was fired. Former Duke head coach Mike Elko, who was a successful defensive coordinator under Fisher at A&M, is the new head coach. Once again, Aggieland is full of hope for their first national championship since 1939. The question remains how much priority Texas A&M will give to the Texas Bowl against the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
College Football Betting Lines
Texas A&M Aggies -3.5
Oklahoma State Cowboys +3.5
Total: 52.5
Money Line: Texas A&M -165, Oklahoma State +144
Texas A&M Aggies Weekly Matchup
On Wednesday, December 27, 2023, the Texas A&M Aggies of the SEC will face the Oklahoma State Cowboys of the Big 12 in the Texas Bowl at NRG Stadium in Houston, TX. Kickoff time is 9 p.m. ET, with television coverage on ESPN.
Last game, the Oklahoma State Cowboys lost 49-21 against the Texas Longhorns as 14.5-point dogs. The game went over the total of 58. Oklahoma State has a record of 9-4 straight up, 7-6 against the spread, and 7-6 over/under the total. Oklahoma State ranks 42nd for total offense, 38th for passing, 67th for rushing and 55th for scoring. Defensively, they rank 124th overall, 125th against the pass, 106th against the rush, and 94th for points allowed. Also, Oklahoma State ranks 44th for fewest turnovers lost and 37th for takeaways.
Texas A&M Aggies Weekly Recap
Last game, the Texas A&M Aggies lost 42-30 against the LSU Tigers as 10.5-point road dogs. The game went over the total of 66. Texas A&M has a record of 7-5 straight up, 5-6-1 against the spread, and 7-5 over/under the total. Texas A&M ranks 54th for total offense, 42nd for passing, 89th for rushing and 26th for scoring. Defensively, they rank 10th overall, 21st against the pass, 18th against the rush, and 33rd for points allowed. Also, Texas A&M ranks 30th for fewest turnovers lost and 114th for takeaways.
Jayden Daniels passed for four touchdowns and accounted for 355 yards of total offense, helping No. 14 LSU beat Texas A&M. Daniels completed 16 of 24 passes for 235 yards and ran 11 times for 120 yards - a fine day by most quarterbacks' standards but somewhat short of his usual production this season.
The Aggies outgained the nation’s leading offense 390-389 - thanks in large part because A&M lived up to its No. 8 ranking in total defense. Daniels finished about 62 yards of total offense short of his average of 417.4 coming in. Henderson finished 25 of 35 for 294 yards and two TDs with one interception.
2023 Texas A&M Aggies Football Schedule
| DATE |
OPPONENT |
SCORE |
RECORD |
| Sep 2 |
vs. New Mexico |
W 52-10 |
1-0 |
| Sep 9 |
at Miami-FL |
L 33-48 |
1-1 |
| Sep 16 |
vs. UL Monroe |
W 47-3 |
2-1 |
| Sep 23 |
vs. Auburn |
W 27-10 |
3-1 |
| Sep 30 |
at Arkansas |
W 34-22 |
4-1 |
| Oct 7 |
vs. Alabama |
L 20-26 |
4-2 |
| Oct 14 |
at Tennessee |
L 13-20 |
4-3 |
| Oct 28 |
vs. South Carolina |
W 30-17 |
5-3 |
| Nov 4 |
at Mississippi |
L 35-38 |
5-4 |
| Nov 11 |
vs. Mississippi State |
W 51-10 |
6-4 |
| Nov 18 |
vs. Abilene Christian |
W 38-10 |
7-4 |
| Nov 25 |
at LSU |
L 30-42 |
7-5 |
It is forgotten that the Texas A&M Aggies actually have three claimed national championships. But the last one was in 1939. For a program with unlimited resources funded by proud mega rich donors, it has been a source of frustration and embarrassment. The Aggies have 18 conference titles, but their last one was in 1998 as members of the Big 12 Conference.
Texas A&M has always operated in the shadow of the Texas Longhorns. In fact, the Aggies bolted the Big 12 for the SEC to escape the oppressive Longhorns once and for all.
But in the summer of 2021, Texas announced that it would rejoin the Aggies as members of the SEC. While A&M officials and donors were furious about the move, they had little choice.
Texas A&M has out-recruited Texas in recent years based on the SEC brand. Thus, the Aggies have a head start. But now, Texas A&M realizes that the time has come to leap into the nation’s elite contenders with the Texas program ascending on the recruiting trail.
Since 1995, Texas A&M has had only two double-digit win seasons. The Aggies have finished ranked in the top ten only twice in the past 26 years.
The last great era of Texas A&M football was under RC Slocum from 1989 through 1999. Slocum led the Aggies to five double-digit win seasons in that span with three top-eight or better finishes.
In 2012 head coach Kevin Sumlin caught lightning in a bottle and rode Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Johnny Manziel to an 11-2 record and a final ranking of 5th in the nation.
2023 College Football Schedule
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