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College football 2019: Biggest trap game facing every Top 25 team

By Cody Williams

CLEMSON, SC - NOVEMBER 24: Tee Higgins #5 of the Clemson Tigers gets away from R.J. Roderick #10 of the South Carolina Gamecocks during their game at Clemson Memorial Stadium on November 24, 2018 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
CLEMSON, SC - NOVEMBER 24: Tee Higgins #5 of the Clemson Tigers gets away from R.J. Roderick #10 of the South Carolina Gamecocks during their game at Clemson Memorial Stadium on November 24, 2018 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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JACKSONVILLE, FL – DECEMBER 31: Kellen Mond #11 of the Texas A&M Aggies looks to pass against the North Carolina State Wolfpack during the first half of the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl at TIAA Bank Field on December 31, 2018 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
JACKSONVILLE, FL – DECEMBER 31: Kellen Mond #11 of the Texas A&M Aggies looks to pass against the North Carolina State Wolfpack during the first half of the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl at TIAA Bank Field on December 31, 2018 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /

11. Texas A&M Aggies

Biggest Trap Game: vs. South Carolina (Nov. 16)

Say what you will about Jimbo Fisher but the current Texas A&M Aggies head coach knows how to win football games. He proved that in his first year in College Station as he led the Aggies to a nine-win season overall and, perhaps more impressive than that, a second-place finish in the SEC West. Now they have even higher hopes for the 2019 college football season.

While Texas A&M does have some concerns on the back end of the defense and replacing Trayveon Williams and Jace Sternberger on offense, they have a strong group returning that should lead the way. Kellen Mond has college star potential at quarterback and has a solid overall group around him. Meanwhile, the Aggies quietly have one of the better defensive fronts in the SEC and, subsequently, the country.

What may doom the high hopes for Texas A&M is the simple fact that their schedule is an absolute bear to deal with. They play Clemson on the road and Auburn at home in September, play Alabama and Mississippi State at home in October and then end the year with road games against Georgia and LSU. Talk about a rough road to success.

Because of that final run, though, the Aggies’ biggest trap game is actually a matchup at Kyle Field against South Carolina. Yes, Texas A&M has a great home-field advantage. However, if they let up at all against a Will Muschamp coached team that is hungry to prove themselves at the end of the year as they look ahead to the Bulldogs and Tigers, they could be in for an upset loss.