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CFB Week 4 · 2026

College football · Week 13 2026 · Friday, November 27

Texas vs Texas A&M prediction and pick

Our Texas Longhorns at Texas A&M Aggies pick: Texas by 6.2, 64% to win. The forecast rates every team against the opponents it has played, this season and last, and adds home field. No betting information goes in.

An early look, 9 weeks ahead: it sharpens as the game comes up. Updated every day until kickoff, then frozen and scored. After the game this page shows who deserved to win.

Why the curves are so wide: luck. Even with both teams’ strength known exactly, one game’s bounces, kicks, calls and sequencing move the final margin by about ±12.1 points (one standard deviation, measured from every play since 2019). These forecasts carry ±17.1, so about 50% of the width is that luck; the rest is what nobody knows yet about the teams. That is why a 7-point favorite still loses about 3 times in 10.

Texas at Texas A&M

Fri, Nov 27, 7:30 pm ET · Kyle Field

Texas by 6.2 · 64% to win

Show as a table
OutcomeChance
Texas win64.2%
Texas A&M win35.8%
Middle 50%: Texas by 18 to Texas A&M by 650%
Middle 90%: Texas by 34 to Texas A&M by 2290%
Middle 95%: Texas by 39 to Texas A&M by 2895%
Exactly Texas by 36.4%
Exactly Texas A&M by 35.7%
Exactly Texas by 75.3%
Exactly Texas A&M by 73.9%
Exactly Texas by 143.7%
P50
Half of games like this end between Texas by 18 and Texas A&M by 6.
P90
9 in 10 between Texas by 34 and Texas A&M by 22.
P95
19 in 20 between Texas by 39 and Texas A&M by 28.
Where the forecast comes from
This season, against its opponentsTexas+8.1
Home fieldTexas A&M+3.1
Last seasonTexas+1.2

The season so far

TeamRecordCoin-flip winsLuck in wins
Texas 4–0 2.9 +0.9
Texas A&M 2–2 2.0 +0.3

Coin-flip wins: the wins each team’s games were worth with only the kicks, bounces, drops and calls re-rolled, the record adjusted for luck. Luck in wins: actual wins minus what the play was worth.

Texas vs Texas A&M: questions and answers

Who will win Texas vs Texas A&M?

Our forecast picks Texas, with 64% to win; Texas A&M win 36% of the time.

What’s the spread for Texas vs Texas A&M?

Our spread: Texas −6.2. The betting line isn’t out yet. Ours uses no betting information, so where the two differ is where our read of the teams differs from the market’s.

When is Texas vs Texas A&M?

Friday, November 27, 2026, at 7:30 pm ET, at Kyle Field.