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Arizona State at #10Texas A&M

Prediction · week 2, 2026 · Sat Sep 12, 11:00 AM CT / 12:00 PM ET · Kyle Field

Updated Tue Oct 13, 7:56 PM CT

Result

Final: Texas A&M 48, Arizona State 20

Closest: SP+ (Texas A&M by 17.7, missed by 10.3). 2 of 2 models named the winner.

Both models favor Texas A&M. The line, shown for comparison only, has Texas A&M by 14.0.

No call was made for this game: Our model had no number for it before kickoff.

SP+ has Texas A&M by 17.7 and Elo has Texas A&M by 13.6. SP+ and Elo are 4.1 points apart.

This page was first built after kickoff, so these are the week's projections as recorded then, from the same weekly ratings the season record scores.

Every model

ModelSaysMissed by
SP+ Closest
Arizona State +8.7 vs Texas A&M +23.9
Texas A&M by 17.7 ✓10.3
Elo
Arizona State 1572 vs Texas A&M 1849
Texas A&M by 13.6 ✓14.4
Our model · experimental
no snapshot for this game
n/a–
Line (benchmark)
pregame line
Texas A&M by 1414.0

Each margin is from the same weekly ratings the team pages use: SP+ and Elo from their rating gap, the home team given 2.5 points (none at a neutral site); Our model is this site's experimental rating; the line is the market's pregame margin, shown as a benchmark and never part of Our call. ✓ when a model named the winner, ✗ when it did not; Closest marks the one nearest the final margin (an exact tie goes to the first listed). How these work ›

Key injuries

No injury list was recorded for this game: its page was first built after kickoff.

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