The SEC pushed hard for its schedule strength metrics, but six of its teams made the CFP by winning key games and avoiding bad losses.
Ahead of Texas A&M's massive Week 11 road test vs. No. 22 Missouri, here is how both teams compare in every key statistical category.
CFP Selection Committee Chair Mack Rhoades stated that Texas A&M's 31st-ranked defense played a part in the Aggies earning the 3-seed.
Week 11 marks the beginning of the finishing stretch now that the first College Football Playoff rankings have been unveiled.