Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko knows what's at stake over the next three games. The Aggies are currently the 15th-ranked team in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, sitting at 7-2 and 5-1 in SEC play.

After the news dropped late last week that former Texas wide receiver Johntay Cook II had departed the program for unspecified reasons, the former Top-40 ranked prospect has garnered substantial attention throughout the college football landscape.

Texas A&M (7-2, 5-1 SEC) is one of three SEC teams that still have total control over their postseason destinies, joining Texas and Tennessee as the only one-loss conference programs with two games left in the 2024 regular season.

The Texas A&M Aggies have a dilemma facing them this Saturday at the quarterback spot when they head to Columbia to face South Carolina. Last week, Marcel Reed

The Aggies come out of the bye week with home matchups against New Mexico State and No. 5 Texas sandwiching the final road trip of the season to Auburn. The expanded playoff has allowed for greater opportunity for teams to reach their postseason dreams, and Elko is confident A&M can be in the party if it finishes with a 10-2 mark.

Texas A&M (7-2, 5-1 SEC) is one of three SEC teams that still have total control over their postseason destinies, joining Texas and Tennessee as the only one-loss conference programs with two games left in the 2024 regular season.

The Texas A&M Aggies are coming off of a much-needed bye week, following their embarrassing blowout loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks. Fortunately, it appears that Texas A&M will have more than one week to get things fixed before returning to SEC play.