Still, both teams are trying to stay in the SEC Western Division race with No. 8 Alabama and No. 5 LSU. Texas A&M leads the series 6-1 against Ole Miss.
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After a disastrous early season stretch, Auburn appears settled on White, a redshirt freshman, as the starting quarterback. Coach Kevin Sumlin finally sent in third-stringer Jake Hubenak, a junior college transfer who joined the team this summer.
The Aggies were 5 point underdogs against Alabama and the total was 54.5. The sophomore quarterback was quietly entering the Heisman conversation prior to last week’s Alabama game and will look to rebound after throwing a season-high three interceptions against the Crimson Tide. And Texas A&M laid an ostrich sized egg, but the results were about on par with what most people expected. This is the first true road game for Texas A&M this season.
Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze responded on Twitter that anyone with information on improper recruiting should email the school’s compliance department. The Rebels were tack on yet another field goal taking a 16-3 lead to the locker room.
University of Mississippi owns a win over Alabama for the head-to-head lead, but now the margin for error is zero. Among their remaining games are outings at Ole Miss and LSU.
Wunderlich’s final field goal of the first half, a 22-yarder as time expired, came after two odd plays in a row. Brandon Harris and the Tigers will use this game as a trial run to get their offense ready for the test at Alabama two weekends from now.
Shop and compare the best online sportsbooks with our sportsbook review page. South Carolina has to try and top a wounded Texas A&M team, while Vandy plays at No. 18 Houston. But Saturday, he had 2.5 times the yardage of his offense. Wow. The Aggies are #25 in pass defense but #96 in rush defense nationally out of 128 teams.
The Aggies trailed 2-1 coming out of the intermission, but had the wind in their sails as gusts of over 20 miles per hour were at their backs in the second half. Kyler Murray has also taken a few snaps.
Check out our college football odds page for instant line updates on every game. Mississippi is #7 in scoring and #39 in points allowed. On the ground, he ran 13 times for 101 yards and two touchdowns, again forming a great one-two punch with Ezekiel Elliott, who piled up 142 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries.
Ole Miss QB Chad Kelly’s statline wasn’t pretty either. The Rebels fell to Florida Oct. 10 and were upset by Memphis Oct. 17. Ole Miss now has 100 yards receiving, one catch, 12 receptions. The Rebels are 40/96 on third and fourth down conversions and opponents are 57/137.
Saunders worked for the Rebels on three separate occasions, most recently in 2010 when Houston Nutt was the football coach. He is probable with an ankle injury. Jordan Wilkins had eight rushes for 42 yards. He played well at Kentucky, hitting 17 of 27 attempts for 255 yards.
Texas A&M vs Ole Miss 2015 features #15 Texas coming off a 5-1 overall and 2-1 conference record. While it has an identical record (6-2) to Ole Miss, the Rebels are in a much preferred position with just one conference loss. The bigger problem for the league is that the bottom four teams are all unlikely to make it to six wins.
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The Rebels have lost the last two meeting with the Tigers, including last season’s heart-breaker in Oxford. With Nkemdiche out for this one, it gives A&M a bit of an advantage and they have been playing better than Ole Miss the last month or so.
