Tag: 2024 SEC Football

Updated SEC football Standings after Week 7

Here are the updated SEC standings after another chaotic finish in conference play

Week 7 of the 2024 college football season was exciting, to say the least. Several ranked matchups did not disappoint, led by Ohio State’s one-point loss to Oregon after Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard was unaware of the clock when running for the first down.

In the SEC, Texas A&M enjoyed the first of two bye weeks. Alabama and Tennessee were just a couple of plays away from losing their second consecutive game. Another loss would have likely eliminated both programs from a spot in the 12-team college football playoffs.

Even more interesting was the continued impressive play from the Vanderbilt Commodores, who are now 4-2 and 2-1 in SEC play after traveling to Lexington to defeat Kentucky 20-13 behind another impressive outing from duel-threat quarterback Diego Pavia.

Around the rest of the SEC, Texas obliterated Oklahoma 34-3 in the Red River Rivalry, while Ole Miss is now 5-2 and a dismal 1-2 in SEC play after falling to LSU in OT late into the night.

2024 SEC Football Standings after Week 7

  1. Texas A&M (5-1, 3-0 SEC)
  2. Texas (6-0, 2-0 SEC)
  3. LSU (5-1, 2-0 SEC)
  4. Georgia (5-1, 3-1 SEC)
  5. Arkansas (4-2, 2-1 SEC)
  6. Vanderbilt (4-2, 2-1 SEC)
  7. Alabama (5-1, 2-1 SEC)
  8. Tennessee (5-1, 2-1 SEC)
  9. Missouri (5-1, 1-1 SEC)
  10. Ole Miss (5-2, 1-2 SEC)
  11. Oklahoma (4-1, 1-2 SEC)
  12. Florida (3-3, 1-2 SEC)
  13. South Carolina (3-3, 1-3 SEC)
  14. Kentucky (3-3, 1-3 SEC)
  15. Auburn (2-4, 0-3 SEC)
  16. Mississippi State (1-5, 0-3 SEC)

Texas A&M will face Mississippi State on the road on Saturday, Oct. 19, at 3:15 p.m. CT. The game will air on the SEC Network.

Contact/Follow us @AggiesWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&M news, notes, and opinions. Follow Cameron on Twitter: @CameronOhnysty.

Updated SEC standings after Week 6’s wild action

See where your favorite SEC team stands in the conference after a weekend chocked full of upsets

Week 6 in college football was one for the ages as multiple top-25 teams took losses, and the SEC went from around eight teams with zero conference losses to only three.

The biggest upsets of the week mainly came from the SEC. Vanderbilt knocked off Alabama, Arkansas beat Tennessee, and Texas A&M started the day of upsets by beating Missouri 41-10. This season seems to be the most open in decades, with two Texas teams sitting at the top.

Not only did the national rankings have a ton of movement, but the SEC standings tightened, and they have some work to do after dropping their first game. You can check out the updated standing below.

2024 SEC Football Standings after Week 6

1. Texas A&M (3-0)

T-2. Texas, LSU (1-0)

T-4. Georgia, Arkansas (2-1)

T-6. Missouri, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Alabama, Oklahoma, Florida (1-1)

T-13. South Carolina, Kentucky (1-2)

15. Mississippi State (0-2)

16. Auburn (0-3)

I’m not sure it was on anyone’s bingo card that the Aggies would lead the SEC into Week 7 of the season. They have put themselves in a great position to grab one of the spots in the college football playoffs. A lot of football is left, but A&M appears to be finding its identity.

Contact/Follow us @AggiesWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&M news, notes, and opinions. Follow Jarrett Johnson on X: @whosnextsports1.

Kyle Field at Texas A&M ranks in the middle of the pack among pregame destinations in SEC

“The pregame action in College Station begins the night before games with the Midnight Yell and it keeps going to kickoff,” per bookies.com.

The SEC is the best and most consistent Power Four conference when it comes to play on the field and a case could be made that it is at the top when it comes to off the field shenanigans as well.

Texas A&M was recently featured in the third annual “SEC Pregame Destination Rankings” compiled by bookies.com. The list was based on four categories: location, tailgating, entertainment around stadium and family sentiment.

The Aggies were slotted seventh overall among the 16 programs in the conference. While the ranking isn’t poor, it is a downgrade from last year, when Texas A&M finished fifth.

“The pregame action in College Station begins the night before games with the Midnight Yell, and it keeps going to kickoff,” Adam Thompson wrote. “To no surprise, A&M ranks top five in entertainment options and in overall location, with all the action near Kyle Field. Scores were above the average for families, too.”

The Aggies‘ results by category are the following: location (5th), tailgating (10th), entertainment (4th) and family sentiment (8th).

Contact/Follow us @AggiesWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&M news, notes and opinions. Follow Shaun on Twitter: @Shaun_Holkko.

Texas A&M football team to travel the third furthest among SEC programs

During Mike Elko’s first year as the football head coach, Texas A&M will have to travel the third furthest among the 16 programs in the SEC.

During Mike Elko‘s first season as the football head coach in College Station, Texas A&M will have to travel the third furthest among the 16 programs in the Southeastern Conference.

According to bookies.com, the Aggies will rack up over 5796 miles this year traveling to only four road games. The only SEC squads that have to go further is LSU and Mizzou. The respective Tigers from Louisiana and Missouri each travel long distances for non-conference contests. Therefore, Texas A&M is traveling the furthest for its SEC games.

Texas A&M‘s longest route is 1847 miles to Columbia, South Carolina for a matchup versus the Gamecocks. The Aggies’ closest away contest is still pretty far, 967 miles away in Starkville against Mississippi State. Per BetMGM, Texas A&M has the eighth best odds to win the conference at +2000.

When it comes to the Aggies’ SEC opponents this year, they rank in the following order regarding miles traveled: LSU (1st), Mizzou (2nd), Texas (4th), Mississippi State (5th), South Carolina (8th), Florida (12th), Arkansas (13th) and Auburn (16th).

Contact/Follow us @AggiesWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&M news, notes and opinions. Follow Shaun on Twitter: @Shaun_Holkko.

‘Pulling for him,’ Alabama QB Jalen Milroe shares assessment of Aggies QB Conner Weigman

“I had the chance to share the same Texas football with him. I’m pumped for him, all the success he’s had at A&M and I’m pulling for him.”

Separated by only 16 miles, junior quarterbacks Conner Weigman and Jalen Milroe played at rival high schools in the Lone Star State.

Weigman now starts under center about 70 miles from home at Texas A&M. Meanwhile, Milroe is over 600 miles away at Alabama. The latter was asked about the former at SEC media days on Wednesday in Dallas.

“He’s a Texas kid, local, around my high school, not too far. So I had the chance to share the same Texas football with him. I’m pumped for him, all the success he’s had at A&M and I’m pulling for him,” Milroe said. “Texas is a great state for football, especially at the quarterback level. The resources being provided in the state of Texas with big stadiums, great coaching staffs, the weight rooms are outstanding. It’s a lot of factors of the performance from high school quarterbacks with all the resources provided.”

The Aggies could play the Crimson Tide in the SEC championship game on Dec. 7 at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

Sep 2, 2023; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas A&M Aggies quarterback Conner Weigman (15) throws a pass during the first quarter against the New Mexico Lobos at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports

Contact/Follow us @AggiesWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&M news, notes and opinions. Follow Shaun on Twitter: @Shaun_Holkko.

Head Texas A&M football coach Mike Elko confirms Anderson will be a full time safety

Junior safety Bryce Anderson is confirmed to be moved to full time safety position

The Texas A&M secondary spent a lot of time on the struggle bus last season, giving up 123 first downs and 95 passes over 15 yards. It was a main point of interest, with head coach Mike Elko hitting the portal hard to bring in as many defensive backs as possible to breed competition at the spot. However, Elko made something absolutely clear about one of his players.

After splitting time at a few positions last year, Bryce Anderson will now be a full-time safety in the Elko and Jay Bateman scheme. This is not a surprising move, just one waiting to happen. Anderson was recently named to Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Top 10 safeties in Texas in the No. 4 spot.  Here is Anderson’s impressive stat line during the 2023 campaign: Total tackles (55), Sacks (1.5), Forced fumbles (1), Interceptions (1), and Pass break ups (4).

Contact/Follow us @AggiesWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&M news, notes, and opinions. Follow Jarrett Johnson on Twitter: @whosnextsports1.

‘They were promised Texas would never come in’: Paul Finebaum explains SEC’s betrayal of Texas A&M

“They felt that they had been promised Texas would never come in and they were promised, but things change. It’s A&M’s fault,” he explained.

Paul Finebaum was recently a guest on “That SEC Podcast” and the ESPN college football commentator discussed how the SEC went back on its word to Texas A&M Athletics by allowing the University of Texas to join the conference.

“They felt that they had been promised Texas would never come in and they were promised Texas would never come in, but things change. It’s A&M’s fault,” Finebaum recalled. “A&M was so successful in the SEC that Texas said, ‘We want some of that!’ Texas in 2010 was heading to the Pac-12, they had already commandeered a bunch of schools because they wanted to be more in line with the Pac-12 academics, the Stanfords, the Cals, which are now in the ACC.

“They finally realized that we need to do something. Texas could’ve gone to the Big Ten, ACC, all this nonsense that we heard. The SEC did nothing but answer the same phone call that everybody else got. The were on the prowl to leave and were going to go somewhere.”

Contact/Follow us @AggiesWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&M news, notes and opinions. Follow Shaun on Twitter: @Shaun_Holkko.

SEC Quarterbacks rankings ahead of 2024 spring football practices

Ahead of spring football practices, the SEC still reigns supreme, and the 2024 QB slate should create storylines from top to bottom.

Heading into the 2024 college football season, changes are upon us, led by the expanded 12-team playoff structure which will create much needed parity within a sport that a handful of team has dominated throughout the last decade.

The SEC will also expand starting in July, with the inclusion of Texas and Oklahoma as the most powerful conference in the country, which has become stronger and more prominent, especially due to the high-level quarterback play on nearly every respective roster.

For Texas A&M, new head coach Mike Elko has been provided a gift in the form of incoming junior quarterback Conner Weigman, who, due to injury, missed the Aggie’s last eight games in Jimbo Fisher’s final season at the helm, but it now healthy and ready to continue his development under Elko and new offensive coordinator Collin Klein.

However, Longhorns QB Quinn Ewers is looking to cement himself as a future NFL first-round pick, while the 2024 squad surrounding him is as loaded as ever, looking to go on a championship run in just six months.

Focusing on the signal callers who lead the SEC next season, a slew of newcomers could surprise us, while all eyes will certainly be on players like Ewers, Weigman, and Oklahoma quarterback Jackson Arnold.

Here are our pre-SEC quarterback rankings ahead of what should be a highly entertaining spring football season.

SEC’s Top 10 ‘under-the-radar’ incoming freshmen ahead of the 2024 CFB season

Ahead of the 2024 season, 247Sports released its Top 10 “under-the-radar” incoming SEC freshman ahead of the 2024 CFB season.

A host of structural changes are coming ahead of the 2024 college football season, including the inaugural campaign for the 12-team playoff structure that will finally provide football parity the CFB landscape has been yearning for over the last decade.

Year after year, contending teams, especially in the SEC, are led by at least one freshman stud on offense or defense who makes a consistent impact throughout each season to put any contender over the edge. While it may be early in the offseason, spring practices are less than a month away, and many young talent are set to take the field in the South Eastern Conference, which now includes Texas and Oklahoma.

For Texas A&M, several incoming freshman offensive and defensive playmakers have a chance to show off this spring, including wide receivers Izaiah Williams, Ashton Bethel-Roman and speedster Ernest Campbell.

While the Aggies under defensive-minded head coach Mike Elko should thrive on that side of the ball, all three receivers listed will be depended on in some shape or form starting next month.

This week, 247Sports provided their own thoughts on the subject, ranking their top 10 “under-the-radar” SEC freshman poised to make the biggest impact in 2024. Here is that list.

New win projections for every SEC team ahead of the 2024 seasons

The offseason is made for projections and ESPN’s Jake Wimberly has released his official SEC projections ahead of the 2024 season.

It may be February, but college football rosters are beginning to take shape ahead of spring practices next month. In the SEC, everything feels more significant ahead of the first season of the expanded 12-team playoff structure.

While Nick Saban’s retirement from Alabama is certainly the talking point of the offseason, new Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko is looking to clean up the mess that Jimbo Fisher left after winning just 12 games the Aggies’ last two seasons despite elite recruiting year after year.

With Texas and Oklahoma set to enter the SEC in July, so comes the elimination of the East and West divisions, as the Georgia Bulldogs will now have plenty of competition to finish in the top spot, including the loaded Missouri Tigers, who are coming off a Cotton Bowl victory over Ohio State.

On paper, this looks like. It’s a two-horse race between Georgia and Texas, but don’t count out the Ole Miss Rebels to spoil things late.

After making my own predictions earlier this month, ESPN’s Jake Wimberly released his own. Here are those rankings for your viewing pleasure.