Unranked Auburn upsets CFP-hopeful Texas A&M in 4 OT thriller after game-tying score is dropped

After tons of upsets passim assemblage shot connected Saturday, Texas A&M, ranked 15th successful the country, had a accidental to sneak into the adjacent College Football Playoff bracket projection.

But they fell to unranked Auburn, 43-41, successful an instant classical that took 4 overtimes to complete.

Auburn had taken a 43-35 pb to statesman the 4th overtime, arsenic Payton Thorne deed KeAndre Lambert-Smith for a two-point play.

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Tigers backmost Payton Thorne makes his mode disconnected the tract aft beating the Texas A&M Aggies astatine Jordan-Hare Stadium successful Auburn, Alabama, connected Saturday. (Jake Crandall/Advertiser/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

With the teams some getting 1 play to people from the 3, Texas A&M turned to trickery connected its effort to nonstop it to a 5th OT. Receiver Terry Bussey took the nonstop drawback and handed disconnected to backmost Marcel Reed. Reed's walk to Amari Daniels was dropped successful the extremity zone.

The Aggies (8-3, 5-2), who had rallied from a 21-0 first-half deficit, suffered the destiny of 2 different SEC playoff hopefuls. Florida had already upended No. 9 Mississippi’s playoff and SEC rubric hopes with a 24-17 upset, and No. 7 Alabama fell 24-3 astatine Oklahoma.

The Tigers (5-6, 2-5 SEC) became the day’s latest unranked league squad to play spoiler. Fans who person endured a disappointing play stormed the tract and filled it from extremity portion to extremity portion but did permission the goalposts alone.

Fans of the Tigers unreserved the tract aft defeating the Texas A&M Aggies astatine Jordan-Hare Stadium connected Nov. 23, 2024 successful Auburn. (Michael Chang/Getty Images)

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"This one's surely going to hurt, and we're evidently highly disappointed," Texas A&M manager Mike Elko said. "We had ourselves successful a truly bully position. Obviously with who we play and what we're playing for, there's inactive going to beryllium a batch of vigor going into that stadium adjacent week."

Thorne passed for 301 yards and 2 touchdowns to Cam Coleman. Jarquez Hunter ran 28 times for 130 yards and 3 scores. Coleman had 7 catches for 128 yards, and Lambert-Smith had 2 for 104.

With 5 top-15 teams losing connected Saturday, 3 of them being SEC teams, determination could beryllium a large shakeup successful the rankings this week - the caller bracket projection volition travel retired connected Tuesday.

Auburn Tigers teammates observe their 43-41 triumph implicit the Texas A&M Aggies astatine Jordan-Hare Stadium connected Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (Jake Crandall/Advertiser/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

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The Aggies tin inactive marque the SEC rubric crippled – but they bash look No. 3 Texas adjacent week.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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