From Athlon Sports
The college football season is heading into Week 7, and we've seen some chaos unfold in the SEC.
In Week 6, the Vanderbilt Commodores took down the top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide, the Arkansas Razorbacks defeated the fourth-ranked Tennessee Volunteers and the Texas A&M Aggies laid the hammer on the No. 9 Missouri Tigers.
With all but one SEC team having a loss next to their name already, legendary college football head coach Steve Spurrier weighed in on which team "is in the driver's seat."
Spurrier isn't necessarily talking about the team he expects to win the conference championship or perhaps make the College Football Playoff, but rather the team that has performed thus far and has a schedule that sets up nicely the rest of the way to make the SEC title game.
On a recent episode of the "Another Dooley Noted Podcast," Spurrier named the Texas A&M Aggies the team to beat.
“There might be a championship game with both teams (having) at least one loss, I would guess,” Spurrier said. "Texas A&M’s sort of in the driver’s seat right now, conference wise, I think without any losses. Almost everybody else has one now.”
The Aggies have shown promise in Year 1 under new head coach Mike Elko. They are currently 5-1 and have an undefeated 3-0 SEC record. In addition to their win over Missouri, they have wins over the Florida Gators and Arkansas Razorbacks.
Looking ahead, they will only play two more ranked opponents in 2024, and both of them will be in College Station.
Here's the full schedule the rest of the way:
The college football season is heading into Week 7, and we've seen some chaos unfold in the SEC.
In Week 6, the Vanderbilt Commodores took down the top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide, the Arkansas Razorbacks defeated the fourth-ranked Tennessee Volunteers and the Texas A&M Aggies laid the hammer on the No. 9 Missouri Tigers.
With all but one SEC team having a loss next to their name already, legendary college football head coach Steve Spurrier weighed in on which team "is in the driver's seat."
Spurrier isn't necessarily talking about the team he expects to win the conference championship or perhaps make the College Football Playoff, but rather the team that has performed thus far and has a schedule that sets up nicely the rest of the way to make the SEC title game.
On a recent episode of the "Another Dooley Noted Podcast," Spurrier named the Texas A&M Aggies the team to beat.
“There might be a championship game with both teams (having) at least one loss, I would guess,” Spurrier said. "Texas A&M’s sort of in the driver’s seat right now, conference wise, I think without any losses. Almost everybody else has one now.”
The Aggies have shown promise in Year 1 under new head coach Mike Elko. They are currently 5-1 and have an undefeated 3-0 SEC record. In addition to their win over Missouri, they have wins over the Florida Gators and Arkansas Razorbacks.
Looking ahead, they will only play two more ranked opponents in 2024, and both of them will be in College Station.
Here's the full schedule the rest of the way:
- Bye
- @ Mississippi State
- vs. No. 13 LSU
- @ South Carolina
- vs. New Mexico State
- @ Auburn
- vs. No. 1 Texas
