re: Travis Pettyjohn says that A&M should be ranked #1 in the polls

this is a stupid premise because you play 12 games and just deciding who is best based on the last couple is useless. Every team goes thru ups and downs.

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My eye says LSU is the best team right now.

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But for the record, I'm honestly surprised people actually share your opinion on LSU. I get the LSU homers do, but just based on recent games, A&M is well ahead of LSU.

Let's ignore LSU struggling with OM because I think OM is a lot better than record. The previous two weeks are what LSU homers are basing their opinion that they are playing better than anyone. But A&M played the exact same two teams the same two weeks. Results:

A&M 38 MSU 13
Bama 21 LSU 17

A&M 29 Bama 24
LSU 37 MSU 17

Add in the fact that LSU played both at home and A&M played both on the road and the underlying stats (yardage etc) all are more favorable to A&M. If we're basing it off the last few weeks, there is really nothing in LSU's favor over A&M.