The 15th-ranked Texas A&M Aggies will travel to Tiger Stadium on Saturday night to take on the LSU Tigers in an SEC matchup. The Aggies are 8-3 (4-3) and are coming off a 52-3 home win over the Prairie View A&M Panthers. Sophomore quarterback Zach Calzada went 10-of-14 for 150 yards with two touchdowns. The Tigers are 5-6 (2-5) so far this season and are coming off a 27-14 home win over the UL Monroe Warhawks. Sophomore quarterback Max Johnson finished 22-of-33 for 319 yards with two touchdowns.
Texas A&M at LSU Betting Analysis
On the Texas A&M Aggies side
Junior running back Isaiah Spiller has been doing extremely well this season for the Texas A&M Aggies as he has 168 rushing attempts for 984 yards (5.9 yards per rush) with six touchdowns on the ground, as well as 25 receptions for 189 yards (7.6 yards per catch) with a receiving touchdown. Spiller finished with nine carries in his last game against Prairie View A&M for 70 yards (7.8 yards per rush) with a rushing touchdown.
The Texas A&M Aggies have been doing incredibly well on the defensive side of the football as they are giving up 14.9 points per game. In their previous game against the Prairie View A&M Panthers, Texas A&M allowed three points on 154 total yards of offense (seven passing, 147 rushings). At times, the Aggies struggled to get stops as the Panthers went 6-of-16 on third down attempts and 0-of-2 on fourth down tries. Texas A&M dominated against the opposing passing attack as they gave up 0.6 passing yards per attempt.
On the LSU Tigers side
The LSU Tigers have been dominant on the ground as junior running back Tyrion Davis-Price has been playing well. So far this season, he has 192 rushing attempts for 919 yards (4.8 yards per carry) with six touchdowns on the ground and eight receptions for 53 yards (6.6 yards per catch) in the passing game. In the last game against UL Monroe, Davis-Price had 21 rushes for 82 yards (3.9 yards per attempt) and a pair of catches for 14 yards (seven yards per reception).
The LSU Tigers have been doing a decent job on the defensive side of the field this year as they are allowing 25.5 points per game. In their previous game against the UL Monroe Warhawks, LSU gave up 14 points on 311 total yards of offense (193 passing, 118 rushings). The Warhawks went 4-of-14 on third down tries and 2-of-4 on fourth down opportunities. UL Monroe played pretty well on the ground throughout the game as they averaged 3.2 rushing yards per attempt.
Aggies at Tigers Prediction
According to the best sportsbooks across the United States, the Texas A&M Aggies have been a little under a full possession favorite on the road, and that isn’t enough to scare me off of them. The Aggies are 7-4 against the spread this season, while the Tigers are just 4-6-1 against the spread thus far. The difference will be the offensive production from both programs as Texas A&M averages 34 points per game in their last five games while LSU is scoring 17.8 points in their previous four games. All in all, go with the Texas A&M Aggies to win by double-digits here.