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Texas A&M playoff odds

Texas A&M makes the College Football Playoff in <0.1% of 2.5 million simulated 2026 seasons. Loading the week 11 guide…

Texas A&M playoff odds and who to root for

Updated November 8, after week 9.

Texas A&M is 4-5 (1-5 in the SEC) through week 9 of the 2026 season. It makes the College Football Playoff in <0.1% of 2.5 million simulated seasons (ESPN's FPI: <0.1%), wins the SEC in <0.1% and wins the national title in <0.01%, with 5.2 projected wins.

That is the 60th-best playoff chance among the 138 FBS teams.

Who Texas A&M fans should root for in week 11

No other game this week has a significant effect on Texas A&M's playoff odds.

What Texas A&M needs

Even at 7-5, Texas A&M makes the playoff in <0.1% of seasons. The game that decides the most is against Tennessee in week 11: <0.1% with a win, <0.1% with a loss. It reaches six wins and a bowl in 34.4% of seasons.

WeekOpponentWin probabilityPlayoff odds after a winAfter a loss
Week 11vs Tennessee44.4%<0.1%<0.1%
Week 12at Oklahoma42.0%<0.1%<0.1%
Week 13vs Texas30.1%<0.1%<0.1%

Texas A&M's playoff odds by final record

Regular seasonChance of that recordPlayoff odds
7-57.4%<0.1%
6-626.9%<0.1%
5-740.3%<0.1%
4-825.3%<0.1%

Texas A&M's results

week 1, beat Missouri State 50-0; week 2, beat Arizona State 48-20; week 3, lost to Kentucky 21-31; week 4, lost to LSU 6-35; week 5, beat Arkansas 34-7; week 6, lost to Missouri 6-27; week 7, beat The Citadel 41-0; week 8, lost to Alabama 20-31; week 10, lost to South Carolina 9-17.

The SEC race

TeamWins the SECMakes the playoff
Georgia54.7%97.4%
Alabama27.4%97.8%
Texas10.2%76.8%
Tennessee5.5%43.0%
Kentucky1.0%39.6%
Ole Miss0.7%32.7%
LSU0.3%36.5%
Oklahoma0.2%1.5%
South Carolina0.1%8.3%
Missouri<0.1%2.6%

The SEC title race: every team, the likeliest title games and how ties are broken.

Questions

Will Texas A&M make the College Football Playoff?
Texas A&M is 4-5 and makes the playoff in <0.1% of 2.5 million simulated seasons, with 5.2 projected wins. It wins the SEC in <0.1% and the national title in <0.01%.
What does Texas A&M need to make the playoff?
Even at 7-5, Texas A&M makes the playoff in <0.1% of seasons. The game that decides the most is against Tennessee in week 11: <0.1% with a win, <0.1% with a loss. It reaches six wins and a bowl in 34.4% of seasons.
Who should Texas A&M fans root for in week 11?
No other game this week has a significant effect on Texas A&M's playoff odds.
What is Texas A&M's toughest game left?
Hosting Texas in week 13, with a 30.1% chance to win.
How are Texas A&M's playoff odds calculated?
The rest of the season is simulated 2.5 million times. Each simulated season is rated, ranked by a model of the selection committee and played through the bracket. A game's impact is the difference in Texas A&M's playoff odds between the simulations each team wins it.

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