Texas A&M Aggies vs Auburn Tigers Prediction, Odds and Picks for Tomorrow, 11/23/24

The Texas A&M Aggies take on the Auburn Tigers in Auburn, Alabama for an SEC battle. The Aggies are on the path to an SEC championship berth if they can win their next 2 games. That would also come with a playoff berth and first-round bye so their next 2 games are very important but Auburn would love to play spoiler. The Tigers have a 4-6 record this season and need wins against 15th-ranked A&M this week and 7th-ranked Alabama next week to be bowl-eligible. That is a tall task for a team that has won 1 conference game all season. There is a lot at stake for both teams in this game.

These 2 teams are in similar spots. Both teams have their biggest games of the season against their biggest rivals next week but both need a win this week. Auburn seems to be more locked in than A&M whose head coach said “Our focus is single-handedly on Texas, I mean Auburn,” in a press conference earlier this week. Both of these teams also lean heavily on their defenses. The Aggies have the 33rd-ranked defense allowing only 21.2 points per game and 359.3 yards per game. The Tigers have the 23rd-ranked defense allowing only 19.2 points and 314.4 yards per game on average. Defense travels but the difference maker in this game will be the offenses. Texas A&M has the 39th ranked offense while Auburn has the 72nd ranked offense. Since Marcel Reed has started at quarterback for the Aggies they are 5-1 with their only loss coming against South Carolina where the Gamecocks ran all over them for 286 rushing yards. This was mostly due to their mobile quarterback, LaNorris Sellers, but the good news for the Aggies is that Payton Thorne, the quarterback for Auburn, is not mobile. Thorne has 93 carries for 203 yards for an average of 2.2 yards per carry. Compare that to Sellers who has 126 carries for 436 yards and had 106 against A&M. Texas A&M may be looking ahead to their next game against Texas but so is Auburn who has Alabama next week. The Aggie’s defense will travel and without a mobile quarterback, I like A&M to cover the spread on the road.

Texas A&M -2.5 is available at the time of publishing. Playable at that number.