A lot has changed about Texas A&M since the Aggies decided to leave the Big 12 in favor of competing alongside the Missouri Tigers in the SEC. A lot has changed about the Big 12 and the overall college football landscape since the Aggies chose not to be in the Big 12.
Like the fact that the Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns also decided that they’d be better off with the Texas A&M Aggies and the Missouri Tigers in the SEC rather than to stay in the Big 12.
We’ve seen the Aggies go through many years of 8-4 sorts of success over there. We’ve also seen Texas A&M have a Heisman winner and a few truly remarkable seasons in which they were among the best in the country.
And now the Aggies are on their third head coach since joining the SEC in 2012. Mike Elko really seems to have elevated their potential in such an impressive way and it looks like the Aggies are truly ready to compete for a national title. They’ll just need to avoid stumbling along the way like they did at the end of the regular season against Texas.
In case you’ve somehow forgotten a few things about the former Big 12 team, let’s go over a few basics of the Texas A&M football program real quick.
What do Texas Tech fans need to know about the Texas A&M Aggies as they host the Miami Hurricanes in the College Football Playoff?
- Record: 11-1 overall, 7-1 SEC
- Conference: SEC
- Head coach: Mike Elko
- Stadium: Kyle Field
- Location: College Station, Texas
Again, a lot has changed. And a lot of things haven’t! But we are seeing the Aggies compete in the College Football Playoff for the first time ever (and their potential looks really impressive). In the 11 wins that A&M has right now, Texas A&M has managed to beat the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the LSU Tigers, and the Missouri Tigers.
But some of A&M’s wins aren’t looking as impressive now as they did when they happened. Like the LSU win. Or that comeback against South Carolina.
And then there is of course the loss at the end of the regular season against the Longhorns that kept the Aggies out of the SEC Championship Game.
Texas A&M is all the way on the other side of the College Football Playoff bracket from the Texas Tech Red Raiders, so the only way we’d see the two former Big 12 rivals meet up is if the Aggies and Red RAiders both make it to the national title game. It could theoretically happen. We’ll see though.