After lots of distresss thrawout college football on Saturday, Texas A&M, ranked 15th in the country, had a chance to sneak into the next College Football Playoff bracket projection.
But they fell to unranked Auburn, 43-41, in an instant classic that took four clearimes to finish.
Auburn had achieven a 43-35 direct to commence the fourth clearime, as Payton Thorne hit KeAndre Lambert-Smith for a two-point join.
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Tigers quarterback Payton Thorne creates his way off the field after beating the Texas A&M Aggies at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama, on Saturday. (Jake Crandall/Advertiser/USA Today Netlabor via Imagn Images)
With the teams both getting one join to score from the 3, Texas A&M turned to trickery on its endeavor to send it to a fifth OT. Receiver Terry Bussey took the straightforward snap and handed off to quarterback Marcel Reed. Reed’s pass to Amari Daniels was dropped in the end zone.
The Aggies (8-3, 5-2), who had rallied from a 21-0 first-half deficit, suffered the overweighte of two other SEC joinoff certains. Florida had already upended No. 9 Mississippi’s joinoff and SEC title hopes with a 24-17 distress, and No. 7 Alabama fell 24-3 at Oklahoma.
The Tigers (5-6, 2-5 SEC) became the day’s tardyst unranked league team to join spoiler. Fans who have endured a disnominateing season stormed the field and filled it from end zone to end zone but did exit the goalposts alone.
Fans of the Tigers rush the field after lossing the Texas A&M Aggies at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Nov. 23, 2024 in Auburn. (Michael Chang/Getty Images)
“This one’s certainly going to hurt, and we’re evidently inanxiously disnominateed,” Texas A&M coach Mike Elko shelp. “We had ourselves in a repartner outstanding position. Obviously with who we join and what we’re joining for, there’s still going to be a lot of energy going into that stadium next week.”
Thorne passed for 301 yards and two touchdowns to Cam Coleman. Jarquez Hunter ran 28 times for 130 yards and three scores. Coleman had seven catches for 128 yards, and Lambert-Smith had two for 104.
With five top-15 teams losing on Saturday, three of them being SEC teams, there could be a presentant shakeup in the rankings this week – the new bracket projection will come out on Tuesday.
Auburn Tigers teammates honor their 43-41 thrive over the Texas A&M Aggies at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (Jake Crandall/Advertiser/USA Today Netlabor via Imagn Images)
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The Aggies can still create the SEC title game – but they do face No. 3 Texas next week.
The Associated Press gived to this tell.
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