LSU 35-6 Texas A&M (Sep 26, 2026) Final Score

Team pages: Texas A&M · LSU

No. 23 Texas A&M2-26

No. 10 LSU3-135Final

Sat, Sep 26 · Tiger Stadium (LA), Baton Rouge, La. · Crowd 102,321

No. 10 LSU routed No. 23 Texas A&M 35-6.

We had LSU favored. It won.

Next: Texas A&M beat Arkansas 34-7, Sat Oct 3

Next: LSU beat McNeese 63-14, Sat Oct 3

Top comment in the game thread

That’s a brilliant play call

Q3 10:57 · r/CFB game thread · Sat, Sep 26

How it swung

Before kickoff, our ratings gave LSU a 56% chance, and the closing betting line (LSU was a 8.5-point favorite) put it at 75%.

FinalLSU 35-6 Texas A&MLSU wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.

No single play moved the chance by 20 points.

What fans said, play by play

The line in bold above each quote is written by our model from the thread’s comments and the play-by-play.

Q3 10:57LSU made a brilliant play call on a touchdown.Quoted at the top of the page.
Q3 6:10Texas A&M fans demand benching Reed after his 17-yard sackYou have to bench him Miker/CFB game thread

LSU’s chance to win after every play.

How to read this chart

Starts from the pregame line (LSU -8.5), at 79% for LSU (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores. Under the scores, r/CFB comments per minute from fans with a LSU or Texas A&M flair (1,121 and 2,661); both sides share one scale, regulation only. A gold diamond marks a play fans were reacting to.

Watch the plays

The bar and the arrow show LSU’s chance to win after each play; the logo is the team the play helped.

Every drive

LSU scored on 5 of its 13 drives; Texas A&M on 2 of its 14.

LSU’s drives are teal, Texas A&M’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.

“I just don't understand. Everyone and their mother can see this isn't going to work. So let's do it again!”

A Texas A&M fan

How fans reacted

Quiet

Fans had the most to say in the third quarter.

Jump to the loudest stretch

The jump was quiet; the crowd was busy.

Two crowds, one game

The words each side’s fans used far more than the other side, from the game thread.

LSU fans

leavitt“We just need to give sam leavitt some xanax with his magnesium supplements pre game so he keeps playing like this”

definitely“I'm so glad I don't gamble. Thought both Florida -3.5 and LSU -8.5 was wild. Shows what I know, would have definitely lost money.”

leg“Maybe having a bum leg will make Leavitt slow down a little bit and make throws like that. Hold notwithstanding”

atm“We were much better last year than this atm team. They’ll be lucky to win 7 games”

Texas A&M fans

reed“yo guys in my humble opinion I think the Heisman conversation this year should be between Marcel Reed VS John Mateer”

don“Reed is infinitely worse now than Weigman was when Elko pulled him. I don’t get it”

Both sets of fans kept coming back to: now, ball, back, every.

What it cost

LSU’s chance to make the playoff rose from 28% to 40%.

Make the playoff

Texas A&M · lost41% → ▼32%

LSU · won28% → ▲40%

Win the conference

Texas A&M · lost4% → ▼2%

LSU · won2% → ▲4%

Win the title

Texas A&M · lost4% → 4%

LSU · won2% → ▲3%

Before the game (September 25, 2026) → after this result, in our model.

Box score

LSU 35, Texas A&M 6

LSU covered −8.5 by 20.5. The total, 41, stayed under 52.5.

Team totals	Texas A&M	LSU
Total yards	197	506
Passing	10 of 27, 106 yds	17 of 28, 312 yds
Rushing	33 for 91 yds	38 for 194 yds
First downs	11	20
Third down	4 of 15	4 of 12
Fourth down	0 of 1	1 of 2
Turnovers	2	1
Penalties	7 for 44 yds	5 for 35 yds
Time of possession	29:41	30:19

Texas A&M leaders

Passing Marcel Reed 10 of 26, 106 yds, 1 INT
Rushing Rueben Owens 11 for 62 yds; KJ Edwards 4 for 21 yds
Receiving Isaiah Horton 3 for 43 yds; Mario Craver 3 for 31 yds

LSU leaders

Passing Sam Leavitt 17 of 23, 312 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Dilin Jones 14 for 63 yds, 1 TD; Harlem Berry 7 for 58 yds
Receiving Jackson Harris 6 for 163 yds, 2 TD; Winston Watkins 5 for 107 yds

No rain and calm

82° at kickoff · no rain recorded · wind 3 mph from the north-northwest, gusts to 5

September game-day temperatures at Tiger Stadium (LA)

Drag along the chart, or step through the game.

First quarter, 14:55 left6:45 p.m.

Texas A&M 0, LSU 0 · LSU 79% to win

no rain · wind 4 mph from the west-northwest · 83°

Jones 4-yd run

Where this weather comes from

Measured at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, 8.9 miles away. Rain is NOAA's radar-and-gauge estimate at the stadium and wind is an airport reading; neither is measured on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; rain radar from NOAA MRMS, through Iowa State University. Field direction from OpenStreetMap contributors.

Before kickoff

Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.

This is LSU-Texas A&M — see the full head-to-head history →

Recent games

Last three games

Texas A&M · 2-1

Rated 6th in our preseason ratings, 8th now.

2-1 in its last three — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.

L 21-31 vs KentuckyTop 25 #86 of 668

lost by 10 as a 16.5-point favorite

W 48-20 vs Arizona State #46 of 668

won by 28 as a 15.5-point favorite

W 50-0 vs Missouri State #90 of 668

won by 50 as a 38.5-point favorite

Last three games

LSU · 2-1

Rated 31st in our preseason ratings, 20th now, up 11 spots.

2-1 in its last three, one over ranked or top-40 competition.

L 24-32 @ Ole MissTop 25 #14 of 668

lost by 8 as a 3-point favorite

W 45-14 vs Louisiana Tech #83 of 668

won by 31 as a 34.5-point favorite

W 51-10 vs ClemsonTop 25 #12 of 668

won by 41 as a 10-point favorite

Week by week

LSU

Wk 1Wvs Clemson51-10
Wk 2Wvs Louisiana Tech45-14
Wk 3Lat Ole Miss24-32

Texas A&M

Wk 1Wvs Missouri State50-0
Wk 2Wvs Arizona State48-20
Wk 3Lvs Kentucky21-31

Power rating by week

Texas A&M is rated 3.3 points ahead as of week 3. Our power rating by week; higher is better.

Matchups

Biggest mismatch: Texas A&M’s passing EPA against LSU, 83 points

Each row ranks the two sides among all teams. The longer the line, the bigger the mismatch.

Texas A&M’s passing EPA against LSU’s defense
Texas A&M offense, 16th percentile · LSU defense, 99th
Texas A&M’s explosive plays against LSU’s defense
Texas A&M offense, 5th percentile · LSU defense, 83rd
Texas A&M’s EPA/play against LSU’s defense
Texas A&M offense, 29th percentile · LSU defense, 99th

Season profile, all the rows

Season profile

Texas A&MLSU

EPA/play, offense

EPA/play, defense

Success rate, offense

Success rate, defense

Explosive-play rate, offense

Explosive-play rate, defense

Rush EPA, offense

Rush EPA, defense

Pass EPA, offense

Pass EPA, defense

The series

LSU leads the series 36-24-3

63 meetings since 1906 · Texas A&M has won the last 2

2025Texas A&M 49-25
2024Texas A&M 38-23
2023LSU 42-30
2022Texas A&M 38-23
2021LSU 27-24

Each line is LSU’s chance to win through that meeting. LSU is 2-0 in the meetings since 2018 that were still close in the fourth quarter.

Line, fans and home field

The betting line, and the fans

LSU fans are feeling it less than most fanbases this week (13th among FBS fanbases), and the other side is no happier.

LSU favored by 8.5 · Total 52.5

How games like this usually go

LSU by 8.5, and it went to form

Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game

The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 385 games since 2025 with a favorite of 7.5 to 14.5 points.

The market

The spread moved 5.5 points toward LSU.

The total fell 5 points.

The books’ cut: 4.2%, the margin built into the odds

Weather at kickoff

Warm and dry. Feels like 80° at kickoff.

Texas A&M at LSU · Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026 · Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge

80°feels like at kickoff
Dryno rain at kickoff
97weather score, Comfortable
Tiedfor the best of the day's 7 kickoff times

At kickoff, Sept. 26, 2026.

Weather score: 0 to 100, higher is better, for the first 3 hours and 20 minutes of the game. Ideal is 100, Comfortable 90 to 99, Mixed 75 to 89, Rough 50 to 74, Harsh under 50.

Later kickoff times scored higher that Saturday

Games in this time zone used 7 kickoff times that day, local time (kickoffs within 30 minutes of each other count as one). This game, ringed, was tied for the best of the day's seven kickoff times. At Tiger Stadium that day, a 8 pm kickoff would have scored 99, against 97 at 6 pm.

11 am: 71, Rough
2:30 pm: 67, Rough
3:15 pm: 69, Rough
5 pm: 84, Mixed
6 pm: 97, Comfortable (this game)
7 pm: 97, Comfortable
8 pm: 99, Comfortable

Weather score at each kickoff time.

Tap a dot to read that kickoff time.

At kickoff, Sept. 26, 2026. Wind is not drawn here; gusts are in each score.

Home field

LSU is worth +7.1 points (±3.7) more at home than on the road since 2018 — top tenth of FBS, 92nd percentile.

82% at home, 50% on the road against FBS opponents (42-9 home, 19-19 away).

Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads +2.6 at home vs. away over 97 games — inside the ±5.6 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.

Night kickoff — historically worth about half a point more to the home side against the number, and not much more than that. The visitors travel about 307 miles to get here.

Last meeting in our History pages

Texas A&M 38, LSU 23Oct 26, 2024

Our History pages cover 4 of their meetings since 2018.

Where next

Conference standings

Place in the conference, then conference record.

LSU15th0-1
Texas A&M14th0-1

Full SEC standings

No. 10 LSU routs No. 23 Texas A&M 35-6