ESPN CFB insider Heather Dinich says an SEC team could be hurt by canceled games
By Rolando Rosa
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If there’s one team in the College Football Playoff hunt that would be more affected by canceled games, it’s probably No. 5 Texas A&M (5-1).
Texas A&M’s game against Tennessee this weekend has been postponed to Dec. 12 due to COVID-19.
During a Friday appearance on “The Paul Finebaum Show,” ESPN college football insider Heather Dinich noted that Texas A&M will have difficulty cracking the College Football Playoff without a full slate of games.
“They need every game to prove to the committee they are a top-four team because they’re probably not going to have the SEC Championship game to do it,” Dinich said.
Texas A&M’s lone loss this season is against No. 1 Alabama. Texas A&M is coming off a convincing 48-3 blowout at South Carolina. The other games remaining for Texas A&M are vs. Ole Miss, vs. LSU, and at Auburn.
Even if Alabama lost one of its last three contests and Texas A&M ran the table with four consecutive wins, the Crimson Tide would be the West’s representative because of the head-to-head advantage.
With Texas A&M on the outside looking on for the CFP, Aggies fans are understandably crossing their fingers that every game will be played the rest of the season.
