Buoyed by its thrilling win at No. 8 Notre Dame on Saturday night time, the Texas A&M Aggies have vaulted into the top 10 of the major polls whereas firmly placing themselves into the dialog for the 12-team School Soccer Playoff.
Texas A&M (3-0) scored a landing with 13 seconds left to come back away with a 41-40 victory on the street in opposition to the Preventing Irish, dropping Notre Dame to 0-2 within the early a part of the 2025 season.
Speaking Monday on “The Paul Finebaum Present,” ESPN’s Heather Dinich stated that the Aggies’ spectacular street win “places them squarely within the dialog” for the CFP. She added, “It offers them a non-conference street win that may separate them from numerous different contenders in the event that they’re preventing for an at-large bid, which they might be in the event that they don’t win the SEC.”
That is an necessary level. There are 11 SEC groups on this week’s Related Press top-25 ballot. Whereas Texas A&M is enjoying properly, profitable the SEC will show extraordinarily powerful.
As such, assuming that the Aggies do find yourself battling for an at-large berth to the CFP, having that non-conference street win over Notre Dame is essential. Then once more, if Notre Dame retains dropping, Texas A&M’s overcome the Preventing Irish may lose a few of its luster.
Dinich wasn’t completely surprised that the Aggies went into South Bend and defeated the Preventing Irish. She talked to Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko earlier than the season started, and Elko famous that “this may very well be the primary 12 months in a long time that Texas A&M has double-digit NFL Draft picks on its roster, and that makes your ears perk up if you hear one thing like that.”
Following Week 3, Dinich has Texas A&M as the No. 5 seed in her projected CFP bracket. It is early, although. And the Aggies’ different two wins in 2025 are in opposition to UTSA and Utah State.
Texas A&M has a bye in Week 4. Difficult video games in the coming weeks embody a house date with No. 22 Auburn, at No. 3 LSU, at No. 23 Missouri and at No. 8 Texas within the regular-season finale.
The SEC is a gauntlet, and it is unlikely Texas A&M will run by way of its schedule undefeated. However by way of one-quarter of the common season, the Aggies appear to be a CFP contender.
