The committee's baffling draw forced Aggies into a brutal path, facing a Miami team that steamrolled the competition. Their tough bracket sparks outrage.
Texas A&M was handed a first-round College Football Playoff matchup that never made sense, and with every passing result, that reality looks worse.
Drawing the Miami Hurricanes in a 7-10 matchup was a nightmare scenario from the start—one that no team with the Aggies' resume should have faced.
Graham Harmon of Gig'Em Gazette believes that at minimum, Texas A&M had a strong case to land no lower than sixth, with legitimate arguments for the four or five line. Instead, the selection committee pushed them down the board and dared them to survive the most unforgiving path possible.
That decision looks indefensible now. Miami tore through the bracket, knocking off the presumed national title favorite Ohio State Buckeyes, on its way to the national semifinals.
The Aggies didn't lose to a fringe contender or a flawed opponent; they were matched up immediately with a team capable of winning the whole thing.
The contrast across the bracket is glaring. The Oregon Ducks were gifted a path that could not have been more forgiving, opening against the James Madison Dukes before moving on to the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Texas Tech, after months of hype and benefit-of-the-doubt treatment, ultimately looked like exactly what critics accused Texas A&M of being - overrated and overexposed when the lights got bright.
Slide the Aggies to sixth, and they're cruising past Tulane before meeting Georgia in the Sugar Bowl with rest and momentum. Put them at five, and they likely dispatch Texas Tech the same way Oregon did.
Instead, the committee ignored metrics, resume strength, and common sense, locking Texas A&M into the lowest possible seed and the toughest possible opponent.
This isn't new territory for the Aggies. In 2020, Texas A&M was left outside the playoff, looking in while Notre Dame skated by on a thinner case.
Years later, the pattern remains unchanged. Even when the Aggies are undeniable, nothing is given. Every path is uphill, every margin razor-thin.
At this point, the message is unmistakable. Texas A&M will never be handed anything by a committee room. If the Aggies want titles, they'll have to take them ... forcefully, unmistakably, and without leaving room for debate.