re: Why is this A&M team different than 12 and 13?

It is not completely out of nowhere since A&M has been recruiting well but sometimes it just happens that a team comes together. Many dominating championship caliber teams were not preseason Top 10 but very early show signs of being special.

Now A&M at this point has not done enough to be directly compared to Championship teams of year past but they have looked very good I’m afraid.

It all comes down to close games. They may not be in many dogfights in the 4th Q, but inevitably they will at very least a 2-3 games. What happens there will determine their fate.