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It took the coaches an extra week, but drubbing Lamar by 70 points Saturday convinced them.
Texas A&M now is a Top 10 team in both polls, moving up four spots to No. 8 in the Coaches Poll and two spots to No. 7 in the AP poll.
The Aggies (2-0) rank ahead of LSU in both polls, behind only Alabama, Auburn and Georgia among SEC teams. Overall, the conference accounted for half of the Top 10. Ole Miss, the fifth SEC West team in the polls, is ranked No. 14 in the country.
Texas A&M ranked No. 21 in the Associated Press preseason poll and zipped up 12 slots after demolishing South Carolina on the road to open the season.
Texas A&M now has earned one of the top eight spots in the AP poll for a third consecutive season, closing Johnny Manziel’s Heisman Trophy year at No. 5 overall in 2012 and climbing as high as sixth on Sept. 8, 2013.
The Aggies close out September with games against Rice, Southern Methodist and Arkansas, and should enter all three contests as big favorites. In other words, coach Kevin Sumlin, quarterback Kenny Hill and company look poised to stick around.
Three players from last year’s offense went in the first round of the NFL Draft, yet the team has scored 125 points and gained 1,310 yards in two games.
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
