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Could the Aggies end the year ranked in the Top 25?

Teams ahead of Texas A&M which lost their bowl game (with similar records):

CFP Ranking:

#19 Auburn - 8-5 (Lost to [#18] Wisonsin) ... 3-4 vs Top 25 (end of year slide; losing 4 of last 5)

#21 Louisville - 9-4 (Lost to [#13] Georgia) ... 0-2 vs Top 25

#23 LSU - 8-5 (Lost to [unr] Notre Dame) ... 2-2 vs Top 25

#25 Minnesota - 8-5 (Lost to [#16] Mizzou) ... 1-3 vs Top 25

AP (not in CFP Ranking)

#25 Nebraska - 9-4 (Lost to [#24] Southern Cal) ... 0-4 vs Top 25

USA Today (not in AP or CFP)

#24 Oklahoma - 8-5 (Walloped by [#17] Clemson) ... 0-4 vs Top 25

Others receiving votes (not yet mentioned above **)

(the list below is in order of votes recieved, and includes teams that won their bowl games, since they would be in the same situation as the Aggies - trying to get on the end-of-year Top 25)

Marshall - 10-3 (Beat BYU in bowl) ... 0-2 vs Top 25

Memphis - 13-1 (Beat N Illinois in bowl) ... played 0 Top 25 teams

Duke - 9-4 (Lost to [#15] AZ State) ... 1-1 vs Top 25

CSU - 10-3 (Lost to [#22] Utah) ... 0-1 vs Top 25

Air Force - 10-3 (Beat W Mich in bowl) ... played 0 Top 25 teams

Northern Illinois - 11-3 (Lost to Marshall) ... played 0 Top 25 teams

Cincinnati - 9-4 (Lost to Va Tech) ... 0-1 vs Top 25

UCF - 9-4 (Lost to NC State) ... 0-1 vs Top 25

West Virginia - 7-6 (Lost to Texas A&M) ... 1-4 vs Top 25

Stanford - 8-5 (Beat Maryland in bowl) ... 1-5 vs Top 25

BYU - 8-5 (Lost to Memphis) ... played 0 Top 25 teams

Aggies

**The Aggies are not mentioned as receiving votes but now have a 8-5 record

TEXAS A&M - 8-5 (Beat WVU in bowl) ... 2-3 vs Top 25

At the end of the day

So basically, 6 teams that were RANKED (various) ahead of the Aggies on Dec 7th lost their bowl games, while only 4 teams that were "Others receiving votes" won their bowl games. The implication is that the "Others receiving votes" are ahead of Texas A&M since Sumlin's squad did not receive any votes in the Dec 7th rankings...

In my opinion, Texas A&M would have to jump a couple of those teams, plus jump a couple of teams that are probably going to fall out of the rankings above... and we might be in.

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