Sporting News recently leased its , and it comes as no surprise that we picked another Alabama-Clemson matchup in the CFP championship game on Jan. 13 in New Orleans.Can anybody break up the Alabama-Clemson monopoly at the top of college football? Sporting News will take a closer look at some of the top-10 programs with the best chance to do just that. We have already looked at , ,schools that have combined for six CFP appearances.We even gave a look.MORE: Today, we Miami Marlins Jersey ‚ll take a closer look at the team still looking to break through for that first appearance out of the SEC West. Texas A&M is ranked No. 11 in Sporting News‘ post-spring preseason top 25. The Aggies are coming off a 9-4 season inJimboFisher’s first year and have a loaded schedule where they can prove whether they are Playoff material.Can the Aggies break through and make a run at the Tigers or the Tide? A closer look:Why Texas A&M can break up Alabama-ClemsonMore Kellen MondMond took over the starting quarterback position for the Aggies last season, and he turned it up in the last four victories. He averaged 213.8 pa sing yards and 46 rushing yards per game, throwing 12 touchdowns to two interceptions and rushing for three more scores. Mond is a pa s-first quarterback who can escape trouble in the pocket, and that development should continue in 2019.Improved defenseFisher had a top-20 scoring defense in his first season at Florida State in 2010. The Seminoles were a top-five defense the following season. The second season under defensive coordinator Mike Elko should produce even better results. There will be bumps considering the defense lost its top-six leading tacklers last season, Miami Marlins T-Shirts but the defensive line will evolvearound defensive tackle JustinMadubuike, and the depth through recruiting will continue to pop over the next two seasons.Big stagesTexas A&M is one of only only two teams guaranteed to play Alabama and Clemson in the regular season, the other being South Carolina. The Aggies lost 28-26 in a thriller with the Tigers last season and 45-23 at Alabama. Fisher can use that film as teaching material for another crack at No. 1 and No. 2. Clemson has lost two home games since 2013, but Fisher led the Seminoles past the Tigers in one of those games: a 51-14 blowout in 2013.MORE: Why Texas A&M won’t break up Alabama-ClemsonThe Aggies did lose a lot on defense, and leading rusherTrayveonWilliams and tight end Jace Sternberger are gone for the NFL. Texas A&M will need some new skill position players to develop and a new-look defense to be better than it was without all those veterans. The momentum in recruiting is real, but Fisher isn’t up against the ACC Atlantic. He’s trying to build something in the SEC West, where Alabama and LSU also had top-five cla ses. No program likes to hear a year or two away, but that might be the case here.Coach factorFisher isone of five active coaches with a national championship. Alabama’s NickSabanand Clemson’sDaboSwinney are the only ones at their current schools, and Kansas’Les Miles and North Carolina’s Mack Brown are back in the game this year.Fisher Andre Dawson Jersey is the most-recent active coach other thanSabanand Swinney to win it all.Fisher is using the same blueprint in College Station that builtan NFL factory at Florida State, and he’s doing that with the le sons learned on how it can crumble. Texas A&M beat a pair of 10-win teams in Kentucky and LSU last season, but Fisher wasn’t given that lucrative contract to beat the Wildcats and Tigers.He was hired to break a national championship drought that .MORE: Stat that mattersSince joining the SEC, Texas A&M is 14-18 against top-25 teams. That includes a 5-10 record against top-10 teams.The Aggies made their biggest statement victory in 2012 when Johnny Manziel led a 29-24 upset over No. 1 Alabama in Tuscaloosa, but the Tide have won the last six meetings by an average of 22.2points per game.If Texas A&M is going to take over this division, then it hastotake out Alabama. Fisher knew that when he was hired.Can Texas A&M break up Alabama-Clemson?The Aggies also have a demanding SEC schedule that includes a September visit from Auburn and back-to-back road games at Georgia and LSU to end Wei-Yin Chen Jersey the regular season. Who made that schedule again?You want Texas on top of that?If Fisher leads the Aggies to 10 wins against that schedule, then they will have more than just a New Year’s Day Six case. Let’s say the Aggies beat three of Alabama, Clemson, LSU and Georgia and lose one more game. Texas A&M somehow squeaks into the SEC championship.Would you put an 11-2 Aggies team in the College Football Playoff?You probably should at that point.Texas A&M is one of the teams that can play its way into the Playoff with that schedule. We’ll see if they are truly a year or two away from contention.
