Missouri vs Texas A&M
Game played Oct 10, 2026 · Published October 9, 2026 at 12:43 AM · 18 pages
Projected score, total and win probability for Missouri vs Texas A&M, priced against the betting line — with injuries, form and the key statistical mismatches.
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A F P L N A C O L L E G E F O O T B A L L M A T C H U P R E P O R T V S Missouri Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies 2026 Season G E N E R A T E D O C T O B E R 8 , 2 0 2 6 1 1 : 3 8 P M I N T H I S R E P O R T 01 Matchup Overview 02 Visual Analytics 03 SP Ratings 04 ELO Ratings 05 FPI Ratings 06 SRS Ratings 07 Advanced Team Stats 08 Returning Production 09 Team Talent 10 Team PPA 11 Player PPA 12 Team Season Stats 13 Adjusted Team Metrics 14 Missouri Tigers Injury Updates 15 Texas A&M Aggies Injury Updates 16 Key Player Matchups 17 Missouri Tigers Roster Updates 18 Texas A&M Aggies Roster Updates 19 Missouri Tigers Practice and Scrimmage Updates 20 Texas A&M Aggies Practice and Scrimmage Updates 21 Missouri Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies Media Matchup Analysis 22 Game Conditions and Betting Context 23 Final Prediction
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01 MATCHUP OVERVIEW Setting the stage: two SEC teams moving in opposite directions, with series history and a national broadcast attached. No. 14 Missouri (4-1, 1-1 SEC) hosts Texas A&M (3-2, 1-2 SEC) on October 10 at Memorial Stadium — 11 a.m. CT on ABC 561. The Tigers arrive off the season's signature SEC result, a 45-17 homecoming demolition of No. 8 Florida 56; the Aggies arrive off a 34-7 rebound win over Arkansas that snapped a two-game skid in which they were outscored 66-27 by Kentucky and LSU 1. The series history favors the visitors, and it isn't subtle: Texas A&M leads the all-time series 11-7, and the Aggies have won three straight — 35-14 in Columbia in 2021, 41-10 at Kyle Field in 2024, and 38-17 in Columbia last November 1. Missouri's last head-to-head win was the 34-27 decision at Kyle Field in 2014 1. The Tigers have never beaten A&M in the Eli Drinkwitz era, and the last two losses came by 21-plus. What's at stake: Missouri can move to 2-1 in league play and validate the Florida result in front of its own crowd; A&M is staring at 1-3 in the SEC with Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee still ahead. A fourth loss in six weeks effectively ends the Aggies' division hopes in October 1. 02 VISUAL ANALYTICS Generated directly from the CollegeFootballData feeds for this matchup. The same visuals appear on every report, so numbers can be compared like-for-like from one game to the next. GAME CONDITIONS · The forecast and the ground it will be played on: temperature, wind and precipitation beside the stadium's surface, roof, capacity and elevation. Missouri Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies · 2026 · Matchup Report Page 2 of 18
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POWER RATING DASHBOARD · SP+, FPI and Elo side by side. SP+ and FPI are points-above-average ratings; the SP+ defensive rating counts down, so a lower bar is the better defense. Missouri Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies · 2026 · Matchup Report Page 3 of 18
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EFFICIENCY PROFILE · Every advanced metric converted to a national percentile against all FBS teams, so the outer ring is always the better number regardless of which way the raw stat runs. Missouri Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies · 2026 · Matchup Report Page 4 of 18
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MISMATCH MATRIX · Each offense measured directly against the defense it will face. Bars show the percentile gap; the longer the bar, the wider that specific unit-vs-unit edge. SEASON FORM TREND · Week-by-week predicted points added. This is where you see a team trending up or falling apart, which season averages hide. Missouri Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies · 2026 · Matchup Report Page 5 of 18
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TOP INDIVIDUAL IMPACT · The players who have actually moved the needle, ranked by total PPA. Cross-reference this against the injury and roster sections. ROSTER CONTINUITY & TALENT · How much production each team returned from last season, alongside the recruiting talent composite. Missouri Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies · 2026 · Matchup Report Page 6 of 18
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PROJECTED MARGIN BY SYSTEM · What each rating system independently projects, plus the market line and the blended consensus used as the model's anchor. WIN PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION · The consensus margin spread across the historical error distribution for college football projections. The shaded area on each side is that team's win probability. 03 SP RATINGS What this is: SP+ is a points-based power rating expressed relative to an average FBS team. The defensive number is inverted — a lower defensive rating means a better defense. TEAM OVERALL OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS Missouri 13.7 31.2 17.3 -0.2 Texas A&M 8.9 31.4 22.5 0.0 FBS average 0.4 26.6 26.2 0.0 Missouri is 4.8 points better than A&M overall, and the entire gap is defense: Mizzou's 17.3 defensive rating is 5.2 points stingier than A&M's 22.5, while the offenses are essentially identical (31.2 vs. 31.4) 1. Special teams are a wash. That is the cleanest single-frame summary of this game, and it shows up all over the Power Rating Dashboard. Two offenses rated nearly equal get separated entirely on which defense you trust. Given how each team travels — Missouri with an explosive, big-play passing attack, A&M with Missouri Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies · 2026 · Matchup Report Page 7 of 18
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a low-explosive, run-first identity — the SP+ gap is exactly where this game gets decided. The baseline projection (3.26 points in Missouri's favor) is the direct child of that defensive edge. 04 ELO RATINGS What this is: Elo is a head-to-head power rating built from results; roughly 25 Elo points equal one point of scoring margin. TEAM ELO Missouri 1761 Texas A&M 1786 The 25-point gap is worth one point of margin — Elo sees this as a virtual toss-up, with A&M a whisper better on a neutral field 1. Applied to Columbia with the model's 2.4-point home-field adjustment, Elo alone would still favor Missouri, but barely. It is the smallest gap of the four rating systems. Elo is the most memory-driven of the bunch. Three straight A&M wins over Missouri, two of them by 21 or more, are baked into that 1786 1. In other words, Elo is still pricing the Aggies' history while SP+, SRS and the eye test are pricing their 2026. That tension — résumé vs. current form — is the central intellectual battle of this matchup, and it is why the market has settled at a modest number rather than a big one. 05 FPI RATINGS What this is: FPI is ESPN's expected scoring margin against an average opponent on a neutral field, in points. TEAM FPI OVERALL EFF. OFF. EFF. DEF. EFF. ST EFF. Missouri 14.3 74.9 61.0 76.8 61.5 Texas A&M 16.3 70.3 49.7 78.0 71.2 FPI is the only major rating that gives A&M a clear edge — 16.3 to 14.3, roughly two points 1. But the component efficiencies cut against FPI's own headline: Missouri rates higher on offense (61.0 vs. 49.7) and overall efficiency (74.9 vs. 70.3), while A&M's edges are special teams (71.2 vs. 61.5) and defensive efficiency (78.0 vs. 76.8) 1. That FPI-versus-itself contradiction is a tell. A two-point rating gap favoring A&M that is not reflected in the components suggests the model is leaning on strength-of-record or schedule effects — essentially rewarding the Aggies for being the Aggies rather than for playing well. The efficiency components line up with the PPA data, which makes the headline FPI gap look like noise. When a system contradicts its own inputs, the inputs usually win the argument. 06 SRS RATINGS What this is: the Simple Rating System — average scoring margin adjusted for strength of schedule, in points. TEAM SRS Missouri 15.9 Texas A&M 12.2 SRS sides emphatically with the SP+ faction: Missouri by 3.7 points 1. It agrees with SP+ (Missouri by 7.2 raw) and disagrees with Elo and FPI (A&M by 1-2). That makes Texas A&M the team the four ratings genuinely disagree about — the only team with a real split in the house 1. The Projected Margin by System chart makes it vivid: SP+ and SRS on one side pushing Missouri's margin toward a touchdown-plus, Elo and FPI on the other insisting it's a field-goal game or less. The split matters for reading the -3.5 market. When two credible systems say the road team is better and two say the home team is better by more, the market's job is to split the difference — and the market landed at Missouri -3.5, closer to the Missouri-leaning systems. In a genuine four-system disagreement, the tiebreaker should go to the systems measuring what the teams are doing now, not what their brands did last season. 07 ADVANCED TEAM STATS What these measure: success rate is down-and-distance efficiency; explosiveness is big-play rate; PPA is predicted points added per play; line yards credits the offensive line in the run game; havoc is disruptive plays (TFLs, PBUs, forced fumbles) per snap. Percentiles are national against all FBS teams, and the Efficiency Profile chart converts each to the same directional scale. METRIC MISSOURI (PCT) TEXAS A&M (PCT) Off. PPA/play 0.238 (72.5) 0.072 (23.2) Off. success rate 44.0% (50.7) 43.6% (47.1) Off. explosiveness 1.306 (73.2) 1.077 (5.1) Off. line yards 2.89 (26.1) 3.16 (58.0) Off. pts/opportunity 3.81 (48.6) 4.47 (76.8) Def. PPA/play allowed 0.001 (63.8) -0.008 (67.4) Missouri Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies · 2026 · Matchup Report Page 8 of 18
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Def. success rate allowed 35.4% (78.3) 37.7% (63.0) Def. explosiveness allowed 1.379 (11.6) 1.273 (37.7) Def. line yards allowed 2.35 (91.3) 2.82 (52.2) Def. havoc 0.220 (93.5) 0.183 (75.4) The offensive profiles are mirror images. Missouri is explosive through the air (72.5th percentile PPA, 73.2nd explosiveness) and inefficient on the ground (26.1st line yards). A&M is nearly the least explosive offense in the entire country (5.1st percentile) that grinds line yards (58th) and finishes drives in the red zone (76.8th points per opportunity) 1. Missouri's defense is the worst possible stylistic matchup for that identity: 91.3rd percentile line yards allowed, 93.5th percentile havoc, 78.3rd success rate allowed. As the Mismatch Matrix shows, that unit-vs-unit bar is the widest in the game. The defensive profiles contain one genuine red flag for Missouri: explosiveness allowed, at the 11.6th percentile 1. The Tigers give up chunk plays through the air. A&M, however, is uniquely ill-equipped to punish it — 5.1st percentile in offensive explosiveness means the Aggies simply don't hit those plays. The lone exception is Mario Craver, A&M's only consistent downfield threat, who is questionable with an ankle 9. If he is limited or out, A&M's passing game funnels into short stuff and check-downs — precisely the territory where Missouri's 78.3rd-percentile success-rate defense lives. 08 RETURNING PRODUCTION What this is: the share of last season's PPA and usage that returned to each roster. TEAM TOTAL PPA RET. PASSING PPA RUSHING PPA OVERALL USAGE Missouri 42% -2.3% 77.5% 50.2% Texas A&M 72.8% 97.2% 68.1% 70.2% A&M returned nearly three-quarters of its production (72.8% of PPA) and essentially its entire passing game (97.2% of passing PPA) — Marcel Reed's offense came back whole 1. Missouri returned just 42%, with a negative passing-production carryover, meaning the passing game was rebuilt almost from scratch 1. The Roster Continuity & Talent chart puts the two programs on opposite ends of the experience spectrum. And here is the twist: the veteran team is the one playing beneath its continuity. A&M's receiver attrition (Bussey out, Craver questionable) has gutted the very passing production it returned, while Missouri's 42% return rate — normally a red flag — has been converted into a strength by one of the largest transfer-portal hauls in the SEC (see Roster Updates). Continuity is a tiebreaker when teams are otherwise even; these teams are not otherwise even. 09 TEAM TALENT What this is: the 247Sports composite talent score of the current roster. TEAM TALENT COMPOSITE Missouri 808.4 Texas A&M 933.0 A&M's 933.0 composite is the largest raw recruiting edge in this game — roughly 125 points over Missouri's 808.4 1. It is the kind of margin that normally shows up in the trenches and in third-and-short, and an On3 breakdown of how each team's starters were ranked as recruits favors the Aggies on paper accordingly 58. But talent has not translated into 2026 production. A&M's offense sits at the 23rd percentile in PPA despite that composite, and its best skill- player talent is currently injured — Bussey out for the season, Craver questionable 119. Missouri, with the lower talent score, has built the better current product through the portal. The practical translation for Saturday: A&M's talent advantage is concentrated in players who are either unavailable or underperforming (Carsyn Baker carries a negative PPA), while Missouri's lower-rated but healthier group is producing at an elite level. 10 TEAM PPA What this is: team-level predicted points added per play, tracked week by week — the shape of each team's season. WEEK MISSOURI OPPONENT OFF. PPA TEXAS A&M OPPONENT OFF. PPA 1 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0.35 Missouri State 0.35 2 Kansas 0.13 Arizona State 0.00 3 Troy 0.18 Kentucky -0.05 4 Mississippi State 0.12 LSU -0.22 5 Florida 0.40 Arkansas 0.19 The Season Form Trend chart could not be clearer. Missouri's offense oscillated between 0.12 and 0.18 for a month, then exploded for a season- best 0.40 against Florida — its best output of the year against the best defense it had faced 1. That is the curve of a team peaking at the right moment, with Austin Simmons coming off his signature game. A&M's curve bottomed at -0.22 in the LSU disaster, and its 0.19 against Arkansas is a modest rebound against the weakest defense it has played since Week 1 1. Missouri Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies · 2026 · Matchup Report Page 9 of 18
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Form is the single most important input that static ratings miss, and it points in one direction. Missouri is improving weekly; A&M is trying to stop the bleeding. One arrow is pointing up, the other is horizontal at best — and in a game this close on paper, the trend line earns its weight. 11 PLAYER PPA What this is: individual total and average predicted points added — the players actually moving the needle, ranked by total PPA and cross- referenced with the Top Individual Impact chart. Missouri: PLAYER POS AVG PPA TOTAL PPA KEY DETAIL Austin Simmons QB 0.507 74.5 78.5 passing; 1.041 avg on 3rd down Cayden Lee WR 0.797 33.5 0.941 avg on 3rd down Donovan Olugbode WR 0.791 30.9 1.936 avg on 3rd down Jamal Roberts RB 0.187 21.5 17.7 rushing PPA Shaun Terry II WR 1.067 9.6 1.833 avg on 3rd down Texas A&M: PLAYER POS AVG PPA TOTAL PPA KEY DETAIL Marcel Reed QB 0.102 19.5 12.7 rushing; 20.9 on passing downs KJ Edwards RB 0.435 13.9 15.8 rushing PPA Mario Craver WR 0.301 11.1 6.7 on 3rd down — questionable 9 Isaiah Horton WR 0.256 9.2 7.4 on 3rd down Terry Bussey WR 0.613 8.6 OUT, season-ending 11 Carsyn Baker RB -0.238 -7.1 negative production Austin Simmons accounts for 74.5 of Missouri's 82.7 total offensive PPA — roughly 90 percent of the team's offensive value flows through the Ole Miss transfer 1. That extreme concentration is sustainable because Simmons is elite in the moments that matter: a 1.041 average and 47.9 total PPA on third down 1. Around him, Lee, Olugbode and Terry are all third-down weapons, which means the Tigers' passing game is designed to strike late in downs — a nightmare against a defense like A&M's that is excellent on third down (26% allowed). A&M's production is the opposite: spread thin and now wounded. Reed is a genuine dual-threat engine (12.7 rushing PPA, 20.9 on passing downs) but negative on first down (-5.1) 1. KJ Edwards is the best pure rusher (15.8 PPA) 1. The receiving production is evaporating — Bussey out, Craver questionable — leaving Horton as the only healthy receiver with a meaningful PPA total 119. Aggregated, A&M's healthy skill-player PPA for Saturday is a diminished version of what this offense was in September. 12 TEAM SEASON STATS What these are: the raw counting totals through five games, and whether they agree with the advanced numbers. STAT MISSOURI TEXAS A&M Record 4-1 3-2 Points per game 37.6 31.8 Points allowed 20.0 18.6 Total yards 2,235 1,781 Passing yards 1,375 944 Rushing yards 860 837 Pass TD/INT 13/4 7/4 Rush TD 9 10 Sacks for/against 15/5 5/8 TFL for/against 39/26 23/21 Turnover margin +4 +3 3rd down conv. (off.) 29/66 (44%) 32/74 (43%) 3rd down allowed (def.) 25/75 (33%) 14/53 (26%) The raw numbers agree with the advanced stats on every important axis. Missouri's 1,375 passing yards on 152 attempts is 9.0 yards per attempt — the explosiveness lives in the box score. A&M's 944 passing yards on 158 attempts is 6.0 yards per attempt, a dink-and-dunk operation that needs every drive to be 12 plays, which is why the Aggies average over 34 minutes of possession per game 1. The sack and TFL columns tell the trench story: Missouri has 15 sacks for and 5 against; A&M has 5 for and 8 against 1. A&M's line is losing the pass-rush battle, and now it is without left guard Blake Ivy 11. The one raw stat that should genuinely scare Missouri is A&M's third-down defense — 26% allowed, which is elite. Both offenses convert third Missouri Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies · 2026 · Matchup Report Page 10 of 18
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downs at 43-44%, so this game may come down to a handful of third-and-longs. If A&M's defense keeps getting off the field and Reed grinds possession, the total and the spread both shrink. If Missouri's 9.0-yard-per-attempt passing game gets rolling, the Aggies' third-down excellence won't matter. 13 ADJUSTED TEAM METRICS What these are: opponent-adjusted EPA and success-rate numbers — the efficiency stats after removing schedule quality. METRIC MISSOURI TEXAS A&M EPA/play (off.) 0.179 0.067 Pass EPA/play 0.309 0.118 Rush EPA/play 0.071 0.077 EPA/play allowed 0.006 0.064 Pass EPA allowed 0.164 0.196 Rush EPA allowed -0.029 0.006 Line yards (off.) 2.86 3.02 Line yards allowed 2.63 2.90 Opponent adjustment widens Missouri's edge. The Tigers' 0.179 EPA/play is nearly three times A&M's 0.067, and the adjusted pass EPA differential is the whole game: Missouri adds 0.309 per dropback while A&M adds 0.118 1. Defensively, Missouri's rush EPA allowed (-0.029) is the best run-stopping number either team owns, while A&M's defense is average across the board and distinctly vulnerable through the air (0.196 pass EPA allowed) 1. The adjusted numbers confirm what the raw ones suggest: A&M's best unit (the run game, 3.02 adjusted line yards) is about to run head-first into Missouri's best unit (the run defense, 2.63 line yards allowed, negative rush EPA). That is the definition of an unstoppable-force-meets-immovable- object setup — except A&M's force is trending down, and Missouri's object has home-field leverage. 14 MISSOURI TIGERS INJURY UPDATES Medical availability for Missouri, from two separate inputs. Live web research: No live web research findings were available for this section's retrieval window. Injury feed: 2 PLAYER POS STATUS DETAIL Ahmad Hardy RB Out Gunshot-wound recovery; not cleared for two-week ramp-up 20 Malae Fonoti RB Out (season) Torn ACL, Week 1 20 Langden Kitchen DE Questionable Lower-body (Miss. State); missed Florida 21 Darris Smith EDGE Questionable Ankle (Troy); missed two games 22 Robert Woodyard Jr. LB Questionable Left briefly vs. Florida; being monitored 21 Cayden Green OG Questionable Feed entry dated 9/25; now questionable, Jack Lange ready 4 Josh Atkins RT Out Out on every SEC report 21 JaDon Blair S Out Out on every SEC report 21 Gavin Hoffman TE Out Out on every SEC report 21 DJ Jones OT Out (indef.) On heart transplant list 19 Jabari Brady WR Out Undisclosed 14 Bobby Washington Jr. LB Probable Removed from report; expected vs. A&M 3 Missouri's first SEC availability report for this game lists 16 players, including seven starters as questionable 5. The headline concerns are on defense — both starting edge rushers (Kitchen, Smith) are questionable after missing the Florida game entirely 172122 — and on the offensive line, where left tackle Cayden Green is questionable after starting the last four games following meniscus surgery 4. Green's status is the newest variable; if he cannot go, sophomore Jack Lange — who started the opener — steps in at left tackle 4. The counterweight is empirical: Missouri beat Florida 45-17 without Hardy, without both starting edges, without its right tackle and without its backup tight end. This team has already lived in the world the injury report describes. The passing-game core — Simmons to Lee, Olugbode and Terry — is intact, which is what matters most against an A&M defense that is vulnerable through the air. The list is frightening; the evidence says it is manageable. 15 TEXAS A&M AGGIES INJURY UPDATES Medical availability for Texas A&M, from two separate inputs. Live web research: Missouri Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies · 2026 · Matchup Report Page 11 of 18
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PLAYER POS STATUS DETAIL Blake Ivy OL Out Left guard; 0% per availability report 11 Terry Bussey WR Out (season) Lower-body injury vs. Kentucky 11 Mario Craver WR Questionable Ankle; 14 of 71 snaps vs. Arkansas 9 Jamarion Morrow RB Probable Expected back after being held out vs. Arkansas 23 Ashton Bethel-Roman WR Probable 3 catches for 19 yards vs. Arkansas 24 Tamarion Watkins LB Probable Expected available vs. Missouri 23 Injury feed: 2 The same core group — Bussey (season-ending), Watkins (probable), Craver (questionable), Morrow (probable), Ivy (out), Bethel- Roman (probable) — plus LB Daymion Sanford, who is available after returning from injury 39. A&M's list is shorter than Missouri's, but it attacks the offense's two weakest positions. Bussey (8.6 PPA) is gone for the season, and Craver (11.1 PPA) is a coin flip after re-aggravating the ankle and playing just 14 of 71 snaps against Arkansas 926. With two of the top four playmakers potentially out, an offense that is already at the 5.1st percentile in explosiveness has essentially no vertical threat. The loss of left guard Blake Ivy is the subtler blow: A&M's line had just found its footing with a scheme change that opened the right side 60, and Ivy's absence forces a reshuffle against a 93.5th-percentile havoc front 6011. Compare the two injury lists honestly and the asymmetry is obvious: Missouri is missing run-game and pass-rush pieces it has already proven it can win without; A&M is missing pass-catchers for which it has no proven replacement. That difference is worth multiple points on the board by itself. 16 KEY PLAYER MATCHUPS The individual battles that will decide the game, tied to the PPA and advanced numbers. Cayden Lee vs. Rickey Gibson III. Lee is Missouri's highest-graded receiver (33.5 PPA, 0.797 per play, 0.941 on third down) 1; Gibson is the 4- star Tennessee transfer anchoring A&M's boundary 1. A&M's defense allows 0.196 pass EPA per play, the most exploitable number on the field 1. If Lee and Donovan Olugbode (1.936 third-down average) win this matchup, A&M has no structural answer. Marcel Reed vs. Missouri's front seven. Reed is the engine: 19.5 PPA, 12.7 of it on the ground 1. Missouri's run defense is the best in the country at the line of scrimmage — 91.3rd percentile line yards allowed, -0.029 rush EPA 1. The catch is that both starting edges are questionable 2122. Last week against Florida, the backups held up because the Gators had no rushing threat at quarterback. Reed is precisely that threat, which is why Drinkwitz called limiting Reed's runs the top priority 65. KJ Edwards vs. Missouri's run defense. Edwards (15.8 rushing PPA) runs behind an offensive line rated 58th percentile in line yards that just lost its left guard 111. He is going into a front that allows 2.35 line yards, stuffs 26.1% of runs and creates havoc on 22% of snaps 1. If Edwards is the best player on the field, A&M has a chance; if Missouri's front holds him to its season per-carry norm, the Aggies' passing game cannot rescue them. Mario Craver (if he plays) vs. Jahlil Florence. Craver is A&M's only true big-play receiver (11.1 PPA, 6.7 on third down) 1; Florence is probable after clearing 3. Missouri's pass defense is at the 11.6th percentile in explosiveness allowed — it gives up chunk plays 1. This is A&M's only path to the one vulnerability Missouri's defense has. If Craver is at 50% — he is listed questionable — that path is closed, and the Aggies are left with no one to test the Tigers deep. 17 MISSOURI TIGERS ROSTER UPDATES Non-injury roster news, led by verified transfer-portal moves. Transfer portal — incoming: 1 PLAYER POS FROM STARS Austin Simmons QB Ole Miss 4 Kamauryn Morgan EDGE Baylor 4 Cayden Lee WR Ole Miss 4 Elijah Dotson CB Michigan 4 Robert Woodyard Jr. LB Auburn 3 Luke Work OT Mississippi State 3 Sione Laulea CB Oregon 3 Chris Graves Jr. CB Ole Miss 3 Kensley Louidor-Faustin S Auburn 3 JaDon Blair S Notre Dame 3 Donta Simpson Jr. DL Miami 3 Josh Atkins OT Arizona State 3 Caleb Goodie WR Cincinnati 3 Zack Owens IOL Mississippi State 3 Jaden Jones EDGE Florida State 3 Missouri Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies · 2026 · Matchup Report Page 12 of 18
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Bobby Washington Jr. LB Miami 3 CJ May EDGE Louisville 3 Naeshaun Montgomery WR Florida 3 Mark Hensley DL Northern Illinois 3 Jahlil Florence CB Oregon 3 Will Kemna OT Kansas State 3 Kenric Lanier II WR Minnesota 3 Malik Bryant EDGE Miami 3 Nick Evers QB UConn 3 Xai'Shaun Edwards RB Houston Christian 3 Malae Fonoti RB Montana 3 Cavan Tuley EDGE Houston 3 Mark Shenouda P Tennessee State 3 Colin Sorensen OT Charleston Southern 3 Brunno Reus K Florida State 3 Transfer portal — outgoing: 1 PLAYER POS DESTINATION STARS Damon Wilson II EDGE Miami 4 Marquis Johnson WR Mississippi State 4 Beau Pribula QB Virginia 4 Nate Johnson EDGE Auburn 3 Jayven Richardson OT Colorado 3 Javion Hilson EDGE Virginia Tech 3 Marvin Burks Jr. S Wisconsin 3 Marquise Davis RB Louisville 3 Joshua Manning WR Kansas State 3 Brendon Haygood RB North Texas 3 Tavorus Jones RB UTEP 3 Keiton Jones IOL Kansas State 3 Daniel Blood WR Washington State 3 Mark Manfred III CB Kentucky 3 Henry Fenuku IOL North Texas 3 Mose Phillips III S Oklahoma State 3 Jaylen Early IOL Texas State 3 Brandon Solis OT Kansas 3 Caleb Flagg S UCF 3 James Madison II WR UTSA 3 Shamar McNeil CB Akron 3 Justin Bodford DL Middle Tennessee 3 Bralen Henderson DL — 3 Johnny Williams IV OT North Texas 3 Robert Meyer K UC Davis — CJ Bass III S — 3 Dakotah Terrell TE — 3 Researched news: No additional non-injury roster developments were reported in the retrieval window. This portal haul is the entire story of Missouri's roster construction. The Tigers replaced a departed 4-star edge (Damon Wilson II) and a 4-star quarterback (Beau Pribula) with a 4-star QB and a 4-star receiver — Simmons and Lee — who are now the offense's two most valuable players 1. The class fills every position of need, and it has also absorbed its share of attrition: incoming Malae Fonoti (torn ACL), Josh Atkins (out) and JaDon Blair (out) are all on this week's injury report 2021. The portal rebuilt the floor, but the depth is being tested either way. Missouri Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies · 2026 · Matchup Report Page 13 of 18
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18 TEXAS A&M AGGIES ROSTER UPDATES Non-injury roster news, led by verified transfer-portal moves. Transfer portal — incoming: 1 PLAYER POS FROM STARS Isaiah Horton WR Alabama 4 Rickey Gibson III CB Tennessee 4 Wilkin Formby OT Alabama 4 Anto Saka EDGE Northwestern 4 CJ Mims DL North Carolina 3 Tawfiq Byard S Colorado 3 Angelo McCullom DL Illinois 3 Tyree Adams OT LSU 3 Coen Echols IOL LSU 3 Ray Coney LB Tulsa 3 Richie Anderson TE Fresno State 3 Ryan Henderson EDGE San Diego State 3 Brandon Davis-Swain DL Colorado 3 TJ Smith LB Houston Christian 3 Houston Thomas TE UTSA 3 Trovon Baugh IOL South Carolina 3 DeDe Murray RB Arkansas State 3 David Olano K Illinois 3 Shea Freibaum LS Oklahoma State — Transfer portal — outgoing: 1 PLAYER POS DESTINATION STARS Dealyn Evans DL Mississippi State 4 Theo Melin Ohrstrom TE SMU 4 Jonte Newman OT Texas 3 Solomon Williams EDGE California 3 Rylan Kennedy EDGE Florida State 3 Jayvon Thomas CB SMU 3 Miles O'Neill QB North Carolina 3 Izaiah Williams WR Kansas State 3 Tristan Jernigan LB California 3 Cobey Sellers CB Vanderbilt 3 Jordan Pride S Southern Miss 3 JR Rosenberg S South Florida 3 Benjamin Bruce CB Georgetown — Blake Buntyn WR — — Ronnie Crosby III RB — — Liam Padron K Florida — Alessandro Perez DL — — Dashawn Fillmore WR — — Truette Tumey P — — Amari Niblack TE — 4 Bryce Anderson S — 4 Researched news: No additional non-injury roster developments were available in the retrieval window. A&M's portal work was smaller and higher-impact per player: four 4-star additions headlined by Horton, Gibson, Formby and Saka 1. For this matchup specifically, the defensive additions matter most — Gibson at corner against a top-10 passing offense, and Saka off the edge against a reshuffled Missouri line if Cayden Green is limited. The roster also lost a 4-star defensive lineman (Dealyn Evans) and a 4-star tight end (Theo Missouri Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies · 2026 · Matchup Report Page 14 of 18
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Melin Ohrstrom), and both Amari Niblack and Bryce Anderson — 4-star talents — left with no listed destination 1. The top-end names stayed, but the depth around them has thinned — and that thinning is precisely what Saturday's injury report exposes. 19 MISSOURI TIGERS PRACTICE AND SCRIMMAGE UPDATES What this covers: midweek practice, availability report fallout, and preparation emphasis. Missouri's Wednesday SEC availability report listed 16 players, including seven starters as questionable; Drinkwitz's description of the week: "We were beat up after that game. That was a physical SEC game" 5. Running back Ahmad Hardy remains a non-participant — Drinkwitz said Hardy "has not yet been cleared to begin his two-week practice ramp-up" and "as soon as I get an update that's worth sharing, I promise I will" 65. The edge rotation stayed unsettled, with Drinkwitz framing the question for Darris Smith and Langden Kitchen as whether they can "go out and effectively affect the game in a positive way without putting themselves in jeopardy or setting themselves back" 21. Linebacker Robert Woodyard Jr., who left the Florida game and returned, "was able to battle his way back in... a little bit of that was adrenaline" 21. On the field, the game plan is singular: stop Marcel Reed. Cornerback Santana Banner said Missouri is "going back on our film from last year and figuring out the best way to protect their offense," and linebacker Nicholas Rodriguez called Reed's dual-threat ability something that "could beat us with his arm and his legs" 66. Drinkwitz called Reed "elite" and made limiting his runs the top priority 65. Left tackle Cayden Green is questionable after starting the last four games; if he sits, Jack Lange fills in 4. The good news from the week: Brett Norfleet, Jahlil Florence, Jaden Jones and Bobby Washington Jr. are all probable after practicing 3. Drinkwitz's stated approach after the Florida win — "it's all about improving from week to week" — points to a staff guarding against complacency 65. 20 TEXAS A&M AGGIES PRACTICE AND SCRIMMAGE UPDATES What this covers: midweek practice, line adjustments, and preparation emphasis. Mike Elko's Monday press conference offered the clearest read on A&M's preparation. He said the offensive line is "gelling more" with higher run averages and efficiencies, and coverage of the week noted an offensive line change has opened up the run game to the right side — the specific scheme adjustment the Aggies intend to lean on at Missouri 2860. Elko also framed the challenge directly: Missouri ranks 12th nationally allowing 2.6 yards per carry, and he described Austin Simmons as a quarterback playing "elite football" 28. Local coverage from KXXV framed the week as the Aggies' toughest test to date 63. The caution buried in Elko's own presser: he acknowledged Marcel Reed was under pressure at the end of the LSU game — the exact protection concern that now must be solved without Blake Ivy 2811. Everything in the practice week, by the sound of it, was about keeping Reed clean and keeping the clock-moving run game functional against a front that ranks 93rd percentile nationally in havoc. That is the entire A&M game plan, and the entire question is whether the reshuffled line can execute it for four quarters. 21 MISSOURI TIGERS VS TEXAS A&M AGGIES MEDIA MATCHUP ANALYSIS What this covers: what national and local media, analysts and coaches are saying about the game. The week's dominant storyline comes from Missouri's own release: after beating Florida, the Tigers collected hardware — QB Austin Simmons and LB Nicholas Rodriguez were named SEC Players of the Week, Simmons added Davey O'Brien QB of the Week and Manning Star honors, RB Jamal Roberts took Doak Walker National RB of the Week, LT Cayden Green was the Outland Trophy National Player of the Week, WR Cayden Lee joined the Biletnikoff Watch List, and Drinkwitz was named both Bear Bryant and Dodd Trophy National Coach of the Week 56. That avalanche of recognition set the national tone: this is a program being introduced to the playoff conversation. The betting and preview ecosystem followed the same script. SI Betting published a Texas A&M-Missouri prediction with key players to watch 70; Wagertalk framed the picks and odds for October 10 71; BetMGM's preview included player props 73; Tony's Picks joined the consensus 72; and line- movement coverage tracked the number settling around Missouri -3.5 74. Aggies Wire's full preview and Yahoo's three-areas-to-watch piece both centered the task in front of A&M: slow Austin Simmons while jump-starting a passing game missing its best receiver 5148. The student-paper crossover from The Battalion and local preps coverage carried the same theme — A&M's season, practically speaking, is on the line in Columbia 5763. The dissenting voices come from the A&M side of the internet: "Three specific matchups that make an Aggie win over Missouri seem like a miracle" and "Missouri's strategy against Marcel Reed will determine the rest of A&M's season" — the latter framing Reed's legs as the only realistic path to an upset 4954. The media consensus, in short: Missouri is the better team playing better football, and the only version of this game A&M wins is one where Reed runs 15-plus times and turns the afternoon into a possession slugfest. 22 GAME CONDITIONS AND BETTING CONTEXT What this covers: the forecast, the venue, and the betting picture around this specific game. The Game Conditions chart shows a benign October afternoon in Columbia: cloudy, 75.2°F, 46% humidity, zero precipitation, and a light 6.7 mph wind out of the south-southeast 1. Memorial Stadium is an open-air, 71,168-seat venue on artificial turf at 213 meters of elevation 1. None of this moves the needle — no rain to compress the total, no wind to punish downfield passing, no altitude to inflate it. The weather simply lets Missouri's explosive passing game and A&M's ground game play out honestly. The only environmental factor is the crowd: 71,000 in an open bowl for an 11 a.m. kickoff, which is home-field advantage doing its normal work. Against the spread this season: Missouri is 2-3 ATS with a +2.1 average cover margin; Texas A&M is 3-2 ATS with a -2.3 average cover margin 1. The market has Missouri -3.5 with a 48.5 total, and the market's pregame win probability gives the home team 59.5% 1. The statistical baseline agrees precisely: 59.5% win probability on a consensus margin of 3.26 and a projected total of 51.2 1. The market and the model are in rare agreement on both side and total — which is precisely when the human variables (injuries, form, matchups) deserve the most weight. Missouri Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies · 2026 · Matchup Report Page 15 of 18
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23 FINAL PREDICTION Missouri wins, and by more than the market says. The baseline consensus margin — the blend of SP+, FPI, Elo and the market — is Missouri by 3.26 points, projected 27-24 1. I am adjusting that up. Not because the ratings are wrong, but because the news is one-sided: Texas A&M enters without its starting left guard (Ivy), without its second-leading receiver (Bussey, out for the year), with its leading receiver (Craver) a coin flip 119, while Missouri's absentees — Hardy, Smith, Kitchen — already proved expendable in the 45-17 win over Florida 517. My number is Missouri 30, Texas A&M 21. That is a roughly six-point adjustment off the baseline, driven by the attrition asymmetry plus the Mismatch Matrix's widest bar: A&M's 5.1st-percentile explosiveness against Missouri's 91.3rd-percentile run defense 1. The market play: the book has Missouri -3.5 with a 48.5 total 1. Take Missouri -3.5 — my projection is a nine-point win, so lay the favorite and the number. Take the over 48.5 as well; my projection is 51 total, and the mild, windless forecast does nothing to suppress it. The under is live only if Reed grinds the clock and Craver is limited, but Missouri's adjusted pass EPA (0.309) against A&M's pass defense (0.196 allowed) is the kind of mismatch that produces 25-plus home points by itself 1. The Win Probability Distribution chart keeps Missouri's win probability near 60%, and nothing in the news lowers it. The case, in three beats. First, the style mismatch: Missouri's elite run-stopping, havoc-creating front (91.3rd/93.5th percentiles) meets the least explosive offense in the country, and A&M's only antidote — Reed's legs — is the one thing Missouri's own players say the scheme is built to take away 166. Second, the attrition asymmetry: A&M's injuries gut its two weakest units (pass catchers, offensive line), while Missouri's injuries gut units it has already won without 11921225. Third, the form: Missouri's PPA spiked to a season high in its biggest game, and A&M has exactly one good offensive performance in five tries 1. Elo and FPI are reading A&M's name; the rest of the evidence is reading this A&M. Missouri by nine. THE VERDICT · The projected final score, win probability, the model's spread set against the market and the pick that comparison implies — the report's bottom line in one card. SOURCES 1. College Football Data API (CollegeFootballData) https://collegefootballdata.com 2. College football injury feed (Injury feed) https://www.rotowire.com/cfootball/news.php 3. 7 Mizzou football starters listed as questionable, 2 more probable in initial SEC injury report | Mizzou Football | columbiamissourian.com (Columbia Missourian) https://www.columbiamissourian.com/sports/mizzou_football/7-mizzou-football-starters-listed-as- questionable-2-more-probable-in-initial-sec-injury-report/article_0cb59098-3596-41d3-acf8- 564c49526372.html 4. Cayden Green, six more listed as questionable on Mizzou's availability report (SI.com) https://www.si.com/college/missouri/football/cayden-green-six-more-listed-as-questionable-on-mizzou-s- availability-report 5. Missouri football lists 16 players on first injury, availability report before Texas A&M - Yahoo Sports (Yahoo Sports) https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/missouri-football-lists-16-players-023650173.html 6. Morning Commute: Wednesday Night Injury Report for Mizzou vs Texas A&M | Rock M Nation https://www.rockmnation.com/mizzou-tigers-news/158496/commute-wednesday-night-injury-report-for- mizzou-vs-texas-am 7. Texas A&M-Missouri Availability Report: Mario Craver Questionable, Two Aggies Out https://247sports.com/college/texas-am/article/texas-am-missouri-availability-report-mario-craver- questionable-290982822/ 38. Texas A&M football injury update on LB Tamarion Watkins (Aggies Wire (USA Today)) https://aggieswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/aggies/football/2026/10/05/texas- aggies-football-tamarion-watkins-injury-update-missouri/92109878007/ 39. Texas A&M Depth Chart Analysis: Players Who Could Be Rising or Falling Entering Week 6 (247Sports) https://247sports.com/article/texas-am-aggies-football-depth-chart-sec-cfb-cfp- 290918705/ 40. Texas RB Hollywood Smothers returns to practice before Oklahoma (Texas Football Info / Hookem Headlines / Burnt Orange Nation) https://texasfootballinfo.com/texas-healthier-roster-red-river-boost/ 41. Texas TE Nick Townsend returns to practice, likely to play vs Oklahoma (Burnt Orange Nation / Hookem Headlines) https://www.burntorangenation.com/texas-longhorns-football/105504/texas-longhorns- injuries-bye-week-oklahoma-sooners 42. Texas S Xavier Filsaime yet to play in 2026, out vs Oklahoma (Hookem Headlines / Burnt Orange Nation) https://hookemheadlines.com/texas-gives-injury-non-update-on-hollywood-smothers- nick-townsend-status-once-again 43. Texas EDGE Colin Simmons expected to play vs Oklahoma after bye (Fanrecap / Burnt Orange Nation) https://fanrecap.com/texas-longhorns/texas-gets-encouraging-colin-simmons-news- Missouri Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies · 2026 · Matchup Report Page 16 of 18
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8. Mizzou OT Cayden Green, two others receive updated injury status for Texas A&M, per report ...Middle East https://eng.pressbee.net/show4917214.html?title=mizzou-ot-cayden-green-two-others-receive- updated-injury-status-f 9. Texas A&M's Blake Ivy out vs. Missouri, Mario Craver questionable (On3) https://www.on3.com/sites/aggie-yell/news/texas-am-football-blake-ivy-out-mario-craver-questionable- missouri/ 10. Previewing Mizzou vs. Texas A&M on the 'All Things Mizzou' Podcast https://www.si.com/college/missouri/podcasts/previewing-mizzou-vs-texas-a-m-on-the-all-things-mizzou- podcast 11. Texas A&M’s Ivy out, Craver questionable for Missouri in first availability report (KBTX) https://www.kbtx.com/2026/10/08/texas-ams-ivy-out-craver-questionable-missouri-first-availability- report/ 12. Ask Hoff: How many of Mizzou's defensive players will miss Texas A&M matchup? https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/article_5b27e541-5f24-4d62-8c68-e57ebab7585a.html 13. Mizzou RB Ahmad Hardy ruled out for Mississippi State game (Rock M Nation) https://www.rockmnation.com/mizzou-tigers-news/156891/commute-mizzou-at-mississippi-state-injury- report 14. TE Gavin Hoffman out vs Mississippi State (Big Al) https://www.bigal.com/articles/missouri-tigers-vs-mississippi-state-bulldogs-prediction-picks-and-game- preview-09-26-2026 15. Inconsistent injury report: BetIQ shows no Missouri State injuries (BetIQ) https://betiq.teamrankings.com/college-football/matchups/bears-mustangs-week-4-2026/injury-report/ 16. Missouri injury status for Ahmad Hardy, key DEs vs Florida on official SEC report (Columbia Daily Tribune) https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/sports/college/tiger-extra/2026/09/30/mizzou-injury-status- ahmad-hardy-key-edge-florida-official-sec-report/91980228007/ 17. Mizzou rules out both starting edge rushers against Florida (Columbia Missourian) https://www.columbiamissourian.com/sports/mizzou_football/mizzou-rules-out-both-starting-edge- rushers-against-florida/article_79914ea7-b5f9-41a3-bdbc-e05450167762.html 18. Florida Week 5 availability report: Brown downgraded, Stockton upgraded Friday (247Sports) https://247sports.com/college/florida/article/florida-gators-football-week-5-availability-report-vernell- brown-iii-doubtful-290721919/ 19. Missouri freshman DJ Jones placed on heart transplant list (CBS Sports) https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/missouri-dj-jones-heart-transplant-list-eli-drinkwitz/ 20. Ahmad Hardy still not practicing, no return timeline (247Sports) https://247sports.com/college/missouri/article/mizzou-coach-eli-drinkwitz-shares-the-latest-on-rb- ahmad-hardy-were-just-waiting-for-his-body-to-respond-290942337/ 21. Langden Kitchen questionable vs Texas A&M (Yahoo Sports) https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/three-missouri-football-defensive-starters-160908464.html 22. Darris Smith questionable with ankle injury (247Sports) https://247sports.com/college/missouri/article/eli-drinkwitz-provides-injury-updates-on-darris-smith- langden-kitchen-and-more-290943884/ 23. Jamarion Morrow expected to be available vs. Missouri (Aggies Wire / USA Today) https://aggieswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/aggies/football/2026/10/08/jamarion-morrow- tamarion-watkins-texas-aggies-footba-will-be-available-vs-missouri-in-week-6/92144127007/ 24. Ashton Bethel-Roman returning to full availability (SI.com) https://www.si.com/college/tamu/football/texas-am-is-getting-healthier-at-exactly-the-right-time 25. Updated Texas A&M injury report for matchup at No. 14 Missouri https://aggieswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/aggies/football/2026/10/07/texas-aggies-football- mario-craver-blake-ivy-sec-injury-report/92145342007/ 26. Texas A&M Starting WR Questionable to Play vs. Missouri With Injury https://www.si.com/college/tamu/football/texas-am-starting-wr-questionable-to-play-vs-missouri-with- injury 27. 2026 Week 6 College FB Games: Aggies Tigers Injury Report - TeamRankings.com https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/matchup/aggies-tigers-week-6-2026/injuries 28. Missouri Game Week: Press Conference and Notes - Texas A&M Aggies - Official Athletics Website (12thman.com (Texas A&M Athletics)) https://12thman.com/news/2026/10/5/missouri-week-press-conference-and-game-notes 29. Texas A&M's concerning injury report pales in comparison to Missouri's list https://gigemgazette.com/texas-a-m-s-concerning-injury-report-pales-in-comparison-to-missouri-s-list 30. Amier Boyd ruled out for Sam Houston game, hopes to return next week (Roundtable.io) https://roundtable.io/sports/ncaa/texas-tech/news/how-to-watch-texas-tech-vs-sam-houston-red-raiders- hope-to-perfect 31. Hollywood Smothers upgraded to probable for Texas vs. Tennessee (On3) https://www.on3.com/news/hollywood-smothers-listed-as-probable-for-texas-vs-tennessee-on-friday- availability-report/ 32. Colin Simmons removed from injury report, expected to play (On3) https://www.rockytopinsider.com/2026/09/25/tennessee-football-vs-texas-friday-availability-report/ 33. Texas A&M RB Jamarion Morrow downgraded to doubtful for LSU (KBTX) https://www.kbtx.com/2026/09/26/texas-ams-morrow-downgraded-doubtful-lsu/ 34. Six starters on Texas Tech injury report for Colorado game (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/sports/college/red-raiders/2026/09/30/texas-tech-football-injury- availability-report-colorado-terrance-carter/92028127007/ 35. Austin Romaine and Adam Trick probable for Colorado game (Colorado Buffaloes Wire) https://coloradobuffaloeswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/buffaloes/football/2026/10/01/colorado- texas-tech-football-initial-injury-report/92033902007/ 36. Terrance Carter Jr. to play vs Colorado (Red Raiders Wire) https://redraiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/red-raiders/football/2026/10/02/texas-tech- football-injury-report-colorado-terrance-carter/92057480007/ 37. Texas A&M Makes Final Injury Decision on Mario Craver vs. Arkansas (Sports Illustrated) https://www.si.com/college/tamu/football/texas-am-makes-final-injury-decision-on-mario-craver-vs- arkansas before-tennessee-showdown--bjtAa 44. Texas OT Trevor Goosby takes maintenance day, fine (Scoop podcast (Inside Texas)) https://exa.ai/library/podcast/hrw88mv5n8n/episode/q7hczcwscq9 45. Texas RB Hollywood Smothers expected to return for Oklahoma game; LT Michael Fasusi doubtful for Sooners (247Sports, Longhorns Wire) https://247sports.com/college/texas/article/texas-te-nick-townsend-listed-as-probable- dl-justus-terry-doubtful-on-wednesdays-sec-injury-report--290981106/; https://longhornswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/longhorns/football/2026/10/08/texas- football-injury-report-rb-hollywood-smothers-ready-for-oklahoma/92153858007/ 46. 3 Missouri Players That Could Take Advantage of Texas A&M This Weekend https://www.si.com/college/tamu/football/3-missouri-players-that-could-take- advantage-of-texas-am-this-weekend 47. 3 Matchups That Will Decide Texas A&M’s Week 5 Game vs Missouri https://www.si.com/college/tamu/football/3-matchups-that-will-decide-texas-am-week- 5-game-vs-missouri 48. Texas A&M at No. 14 Missouri: 3 areas to watch against the Tigers - Yahoo Sports https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/texas-m-no-14-missouri-210939824.html 49. Three specific matchups that make an Aggie win over Missouri seem like a miracle https://gigemgazette.com/three-specific-matchups-that-make-an-aggie-win-over- missouri-seem-like-a-miracle 50. Texas A&M vs Missouri https://totalapexsports.com/texas-a-m-vs-missouri/ 51. Texas A&M at Missouri: Full preview of the Week 6 matchup in Columbia https://aggieswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/aggies/football/2026/10/07/texas- aggies-football-missouri-tigers-week-six-full-preview/92128636007/ 52. Mizzou Football: Texas A&M Aggies Preview | Rock M Nation https://www.rockmnation.com/missouri-tigers-football/158345/mizzou-football-texas- am-aggies-preview 53. Trenches Preview: Texas A&M at Mizzou - Yahoo Sports https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/trenches-preview-texas-m-mizzou-161645370.html 54. Missouri's strategy against Marcel Reed will determine the rest of A&M's season https://gigemgazette.com/missouri-s-strategy-against-marcel-reed-will-determine-the- rest-of-a-m-s-season 55. After stuffing run vs Florida, Mizzou football gets new test vs Texas A&M https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/sports/college/tiger-extra/2026/10/08/after- stuffing-florida-mizzou-football-gets-new-test-texas-am/92093030007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca- cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z117841p003750c003750e004820v117841&gca- ft=64&gca-ds=sophi&gnt-djm=1 56. No. 14 Tigers Set for SEC Home Clash vs. Texas A&M - University of Missouri Athletics Official Website (University of Missouri Athletics) https://mutigers.com/news/2026/10/8/no-14-tigers-set-for-sec-home-clash-vs-texas-am 57. Crossing bylines: Texas A&M at Missouri – The Battalion https://thebatt.com/sports/crossing-bylines-texas-am-at-missouri/ 58. How Mizzou, Texas A&M starters ranked as recruits https://www.on3.com/sites/mizzou-today/news/mizzou-texas-am-starters-ranked-as- recruits/ 59. Missouri freshman OL DJ Jones recovering after heart transplant - CBS Sports https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/missouri-freshman-dj-jones-heart- transplant/ 60. Texas A&M’s offensive line change has opened up run game to the right side of field https://www.kbtx.com/2026/10/07/texas-ams-offensive-line-change-has-opened-up- run-game-right-side-field/ 61. Texas A&M Suddenly Has a Good Problem at Running Back https://www.si.com/college/tamu/football/texas-am-suddenly-has-a-good-problem-at- running-back 62. Texas A&M’s Receiver Contingency Deserves the Extra Work | College Station https://collegestation.news/article/college-station-daily-sports-column-2026-10-08 63. Aggies prepare for Missouri showdown https://www.kxxv.com/sports/texas-a-m-prepares-for-tough-test-against-no-12- missouri 64. Texas A&M's biggest keys to Missouri game could be two former Tiger commits https://gigemgazette.com/texas-a-m-s-biggest-keys-to-missouri-game-could-be-two- former-tiger-commits 65. Drinkwitz: Ahmad Hardy not yet cleared to begin two-week practice ramp-up (Rock M Nation) https://www.rockmnation.com/missouri-tigers-football/158360/mizzou-football-notes- and-quotes-texas-am-edition 66. Banner, Rodriguez detail film and practice work for Marcel Reed's dual-threat game (SI.com) https://www.si.com/college/missouri/football/tigers-santana-banner-nicholas-rodriguez- discuss-familiar-challenge-in-marcel-reed-brian3 67. Mike Elko Just Told Us Exactly What Texas A&M Has to Repeat at Missouri https://www.si.com/college/tamu/football/mike-elko-just-told-us-exactly-what-texas-a- m-has-to-repeat-at-missouri 68. 'We dialed in': Quotes from Texas A&M's Week 6 player availability https://aggieswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/aggies/football/2026/10/06/texas- aggies-football-tawfiq-byard-lamont-rogers-quotables-week-six/92122367007/ 69. Spring Football Snippets: Practice No. 10 | TexAgs https://texags.com/s/75305/spring-football-snippets-practice-no-10 70. Texas A&M vs. Missouri Prediction, Odds and Key Players to Watch for College Football Week 6 https://www.si.com/betting/texas-am-vs-missouri-prediction-odds-and-key-players-to- watch-for-college-football-week-6-01m49hahb7m0 71. Texas A&M vs Missouri Prediction, Picks & Odds for October 10, 2026 https://www.wagertalk.com/news/college-football/texas-am-vs-missouri-prediction- picks-odds-for-october-10-2026/ 72. Texas A&M vs Missouri Pick Prediction October 10 | Tony's Picks https://www.tonyspicks.com/2026/10/06/texas-am-vs-missouri-tony-tellez-10-10-26/ 73. Texas A&M Aggies vs Missouri Tigers Prediction, Odds & Best Prop Bets - NCAAF, Week 6 https://sports.betmgm.com/en/blog/college-football/texas-am-missouri-prediction- Missouri Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies · 2026 · Matchup Report Page 17 of 18
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