The week is halfway over ahead of the Florida Gators’ road matchup with the Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday in College Station, Texas. They both have stumbled this season amidst very different situations: UF is breaking in its brand new coach, Billy Napier, while TAMU’s high-priced skipper Jimbo Fisher has vastly underperformed expectations after landing the top recruiting class in 2022.
The two teams enter the matchup with equally dreadful 1-4 records in Southeastern Conference play, and while UF has an even .500 overall record at 4-4, TAMU is a game worse at 3-5 so far this season. Something will have to give in Aggieland when the foot meets the leather.
Texas A&M holds a slight edge in the short series history with a 3-2 record, having won the last two straight and going 2-1 since entering the SEC. Prior to that, the two schools split their meetings with the Gators earning a home win in 1962 while the Aggies evened things up with a Sun Bowl win in El Paso, Texas, in 1976.
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The lines
The Aggies are favored by 3.5 points over the Gators according to BetMGM, with the spread inching up a half point from yesterday while the remainder of the lines remained the same. Here are the full odds as of 10 a.m. EDT Wednesday.
| Team | Spread | Total – O/U | Money Line |
| Florida | +3.5 -110 |
O 54.5 -105 |
+130 |
| TAMU | -3.5 -110 |
U 54.5 -115 |
-155 |
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Prediction
Initially, our prediction was set at 28-24 in favor of Florida, stating, “This matchup is truly between a stoppable force against a movable object” and, “Both teams have had disappointing seasons, though TAMU has left significantly more to be desired.” However, the dismissal of starting edge defender Brenton Cox has completely deflated our optimistic outlook and flipped the scoreboard.
Texas A&M 31, Florida 28
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