From the C34 2014 SEC preview on A&M...

[Coach34]

6. Texas A&M- They lost 3 1st round draft picks from their offense- and still only went 4-4 in the SEC. Their OL will be good as 4 starters return- 2 of them will be draft picks. How good will they be at QB? Will the RB's step up? Lots of new faces at WR. Defensively, they were terrible in 2013. They return 8 starters and that should help- but they have also had some off the field issues from this group.

Schedule? Their schedule is a mf'er. At SC, At State, At Bammer, At Auburn....UPig at a neutral site...I cant see them winning any of their SEC road games- and they will be hardpressed to beat Mississippi, LSU, and Missouri at home. This could easily be a 2-6 SEC team in 2014.

[Political Hack]

they are what everyone though they were. they beat a terrible SC team and shot up
the ranks undeservedly.

[cujo]

And that turned out to be good for us. Because they were sixth when we beat them, we were able to make the huge jump from 12 to 3rd. Probably would not have moved quite so much if A&M had been say, 20th at the time we beat them.
This is our year, baby.

[BulldogBear]

they are what everyone though they were. they beat a terrible SC team and shot up
the ranks undeservedly.

Yep. Smoke and Mirrors