r/CFB • /r/CFB • 28d ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Kentucky Defeats Texas A&M 31-21

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Kentucky 0 7 21 3 31
Texas A&M 0 7 0 14 21
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u/Fluid_Theory_6587 BYU Cougars • Washington State Cougars 28d ago

Can someone please explain to me why Texas A&M is always ranked top 10 to start the season? I’m tired of everyone pretending like they somehow deserve it this time.

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u/John_T_Conover Texas A&M Aggies 28d ago

We hate it too. Our best years are the ones where we are lower or unranked pre-season and almost every time we're top 10 I scratch my head wondering why and then this shit happens. Seriously though:

Pre-Season top 10 rankings:

8 in 2011, finished unranked

7 in 2013, finished #18

6 in 2021, finished unranked

6 in 2022, finished unranked

Meanwhile we have three top 10 finishes in the last 15 years and our highest pre ranking in them was 13. One of them we weren't even ranked at all. I dread seeing us ranked that high early and then all the inevitable shit people give us for it like we created or agree with the rankings.