Jimbo Fisher will need to break a current trend if he wants to keep Texas A&M in the hunt for the SEC West title

Texas A&M (4-2, 2-1 SEC) will head out to Knoxville, Tennessee, this week to take on the Vols in a critical SEC battle to keep their conference records at .500 or better.

It’s no surprise that the Aggies have struggled on the road under Fisher, as a lack of adjustments to raucous SEC environments such as Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Alabama, and Georgia, stadiums that have handed the Aggies several close losses over Fisher’s tenure with the program.

For those who like to follow patterns and trends, this weekend does not bode well for the Aggies. The last time Texas A&M won a road game was almost two years ago in a 35-14 win over the Missouri Tigers in 2021. On the flip side, Tennessee is one of the better teams at home and currently ranked No. 11, which adds more doubt for a road win, as Carter Karels pointed out in his recent article with GigEm247.

Not only has Texas A&M lost seven straight road games. No Fisher-coached team has defeated a ranked opponent on the road since 2016.

A&M faces a No. 19 Tennessee team that is coming off a bye and has the fourth-longest home winning streak in the country. https://t.co/nkIgJ3Jt9c

— Carter Karels (@CarterKarels) October 11, 2023

This is the perfect game for the Aggies to get the elusive road win so they can go into the bye week on a high note in this must-win game, as a loss on Saturday would virtually eliminate Texas A&M’s chances to represent the SEC West in the SEC championship game on December 2nd. Let’s hope for a bit of change on Oct. 14.

Texas A&M will travel to face the Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 2:30 p.m. CT, inside Neyland Stadium (TV: CBS).

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