The Texas A&M Aggies (3-0) meet the Arkansas Razorbacks (3-0) in a Saturday afternoon SEC West clash at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The Aggies and Razorbacks will kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET. Below, we look at the Texas A&M vs. Arkansas odds and lines, and make our expert college football picks, predictions and bets.
Texas A&M is No. 5 in the AFCA Coaches Poll, powered by USA TODAY Sports, and allowed a total of 17 points while defeating Kent State, Colorado, and New Mexico. The Aggies have yielded just 239.3 yards per game and their 3.64 yards per play allowed ranks third in the nation.
Sophomore QB Zach Calzada has had some early struggles, but he threw for 275 yards and 3 touchdowns in A&M’s win over New Mexico last week.
No. 18 Arkansas has allowed just 16.0 points per game in its victories over Rice, Texas, and Georgia Southern. The Razorbacks have been especially tough on third downs, holding foes to a 27.7% conversion rate.
A&M won last year’s meeting — in which it was favored by 14.5 points — by a score of 42-31.
Also see: SEC picks and predictions for Week 4
Texas A&M vs. Arkansas odds, spread and lines
Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Friday at 9:50 a.m. ET.
- Money line: Texas A&M -220 (bet $220 to win $100) | Arkansas +175 (bet $100 to win $175)
- Against the spread (ATS): Texas A&M -4.5 (-110) | Arkansas +4.5 (-110)
- Over/Under (O/U): 46.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Texas A&M vs. Arkansas odds, lines, picks and predictions
Prediction
Texas A&M 27, Arkansas 21
Money line
PASS, and focus on a solid A&M play against the number.
Against the spread
The Aggies are 7-3 ATS over their last 10 games dating back to last October. Two of those three ATS setbacks were due to last-minute, garbage-time scores.
Texas A&M is minus-3 in the turnover margin and Arkansas is plus-3. Last year’s game had a more talented roster base in the Aggies favored by 13 points. A&M won by 11 after a garbage-time score for the Razorbacks.
Has that much changed since? BACK THE AGGIES -4.5 (-110).
Peg A&M as being able to find enough success on first and second down and leverage a talent advantage in the trenches.
Over/Under
Figure the market on overcorrecting the total here based on early-season mismatches. Again, looking at last year’s game — which finished with 73 total points — the O/U was 54.5.
BACK THE OVER 46.5 (-110).
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