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Top 10! Cathartic road win propels A&M to No. 10 in AP's Week 4 poll

For the first time since peaking at No. 10 in Week 10 last season, the Fightin' Texas Aggies are back in the AP's top 10. Following an upset of Notre Dame on Saturday night, Mike Elko & Co. jumped six spots to No. 10 in the AP's Week 4 poll.
September 14, 2025
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Irish, goodbye.

Howdy, top 10.

Thank you, Tyler Buchner.

With a euphoric, cathartic and instant-classic road victory over then-No. 8 Notre Dame on Saturday night, the Fightin’ Texas Aggies are up to No. 10 in the latest Associated Press poll.

Entering Week 4 (and an open date), Mike Elko and Texas A&M are also ranked No. 10 in the US LBM Coaches Poll.

Desperately searching for an end to a 14-game road losing streak vs. ranked opponents that reached back 11 years, Marcel Reed and the Aggies were facing fourth-and-goal from the 11-yard line with just a few ticks left on the clock.

Reed scanned, pumped a fake and then lofted a prayer toward the north end zone with Touchdown Jesus looking on...

...only to have a chorus of “HALLELUJAH” from Aggies everywhere ring out as Nate Boerkircher reeled in his first touchdown in Maroon & White to seal a 41-40 win in South Bend.

One could argue that A&M’s Week 3 triumph at Notre Dame Stadium is the biggest, most impressive victory in college football thus far, and the pollsters seem to agree as the Aggies moved up six spots.

It is the first time A&M is in the top 10 since coming in at No. 10 in Week 10 last season.

The Aggies are one of 11 SEC programs ranked in the AP’s Week 4 poll, along with No. 3 LSU, No. 5 Georgia, No. 8 Texas, No. 11 Oklahoma, No. 13 Ole Miss, No. 14 Alabama, No. 15 Tennessee, No. 20 Vanderbilt, No. 22 Auburn and No. 23 Missouri.

Now officially on a well-deserved bye, the Fightin’ Farmers will meet War Eagle on Saturday, Sept. 27, for what figures to be a top-25 showdown at Kyle Field.

Amen to that.


Associated Press Week 4 Poll
 

Rank Week 3 Poll Week 4 Poll
1 1. Ohio State (2-0) 1. Ohio State (3-0)
2 2. Penn State (2-0) 2. Penn State (3-0)
3 3. Louisiana State (2-0) 3. Louisiana State (3-0)
4 4. Oregon (2-0) 4. Miami (3-0)
5 5. Miami (2-0) 5. Georgia (3-0)
6 6. Georgia (2-0) 6. Oregon (3-0)
7 7. Texas (1-1) 7. Florida State (2-0)
8 8. Notre Dame (0-1) 8. Texas (2-1)
9 9. Illinois (2-0) 9. Illinois (3-0)
10 10. Florida State (2-0) 10. Texas A&M (3-0)
11 11. South Carolina (2-0) 11. Oklahoma (3-0)
12 12. Clemson (1-1) 12. Iowa State (4-0)
13 13. Oklahoma (2-0) 13. Ole Miss (3-0)
14 14. Iowa State (3-0) 14. Alabama (2-1)
15 15. Tennessee (2-0) 15. Tennessee (2-1)
16 16. Texas A&M (2-0) 16. Utah (3-0)
17 17. Ole Miss (2-0) 17. Texas Tech (3-0)
18 18. South Florida (2-0) 18. Georgia Tech (3-0)
19 19. Alabama (1-1) 19. Indiana (3-0)
20 20. Utah (2-0) 20. Vanderbilt (3-0)
21 21. Texas Tech (2-0) 21. Michigan (3-0)
22 22. Indiana (2-0) 22. Auburn (3-0)
23 23. Michigan (1-1) 23. Missouri (3-0)
24 24. Auburn (2-0) 24. Notre Dame (0-2)
25 25. Missouri (2-0) 25. USC (3-0)

OUT: No. 11 South Carolina; No. 12 Clemson, No. 18 South Florida
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: BYU 94, South Florida 83, South Carolina 82, Mississippi St. 69, TCU 67, Arizona St. 57, Tulane 33, Louisville 25, Nebraska 9, Baylor 6, Clemson 6, SMU 4, NC State 4, UNLV 2, Navy 1.

Italics denotes Southeastern Conference member

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Top 10! Cathartic road win propels A&M to No. 10 in AP's Week 4 poll

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Ghost91
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You're showing the Coaches Poll, not the AP poll.

ND fell to #24, not #21.
agspirit_09
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You misspelled catholic
TombstoneTex
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ND being ranked at 0-2 is a joke.
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I love this win, but to argue it's the "biggest, most impressive win in college football thus far" is pure maroon tinted glasses. We beat an 0-1 team. By one point.

Big win, yes. Biggest Aggie non-conference road victory in a decade, for sure!

Not sure I'd call it the biggest win in all of college football this year. tu is still ranked above us (yes, I know) and OSU handled them quite well in week 1. That's the obvious, but not only, victory this season that probably tops ours in objective eyes.
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TombstoneTex said:

ND being ranked at 0-2 is a joke.

They are a good team. Tough draw the first 2 games and they were right there at the end with both us and Miami.

They will probably be favored to win all of their remaining games.

The real joke is Texas at 8.

They will lose 3 or 4 MORE games
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