Next for A&M (8-5, 5-4) is a Big Ten foe and college football blue blood, USC (6-6, 4-5), which also had a disappointing 2024. The two well-known programs will meet at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for the latest edition of the Las Vegas Bowl.

Texas A&M's 2024 season may have ended at 8-4 amid Coach Mike Elko's inaugural campaign, but the Aggies still have a chance to earn nine wins for the first time since the 2020 season with a win over USC (6-6) in the Las Vegas Bowl.

On ESPN's College GameDay, the entire crew chose the Texas A&M Aggies to defeat USC Trojans and coach Lincoln Riley. The NCAA transfer portal was the main point of discussion for the crew. The Trojans and Aggies will play in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec.

This weekend marks the start of the first 12-team College Football Playoff. Sadly, the USC Trojans are not in the playoff this year, nor did they even come close. Head coach Lincoln Riley's team went 6-6 and was lucky to just make a bowl game. The Trojans did not even sniff playoff contention, and were fully eliminated by mid-October.

But the overwhelming sentiment after the first round of the new-look College Football Playoff is that 12 teams is too many.  If anything, this past weekend's slate expanded the current gulf between the haves and the have-nots.