The Gamecocks may be struggling offensively, but their defense has kept them competitive and enabled them to earn two wins this season. While the Aggies will test South Carolina after averaging 43 points and nearly 550 yards of total offense, I expect those numbers to take a big dip here on the road. My simulations show the Gamecocks staying within this large spread 72 percent of the time.

Under coach Kevin Sumlin, this is historically the time of year when a glossy start for Texas A&M turns into a rocky finish. The Aggies are getting a ton of a national attention after another wild win over Arkansas, and have Tennessee and Alabama on deck. On Saturday, the Aggies will face a South Carolina team that has been anemic on offense but solid defensively, yielding just 17 points per game. The Gamecocks forced two turnovers and held Kentucky to 351 yards but lost 17-10 last week. They will bounce back against an Aggies club in a clear look-ahead spot.

We've got an extreme situation here with a team that doesn't score very much, South Carolina with its 14-17 average result, welcoming a Texas A&M squad that has won and covered all its games with an average score of 43-16. At first look it might be easy to believe the Aggies will impose their will on the struggling Gamecocks. But the total actually might be high by 2.5-points. All four of South Carolina's games have stayed Under and the Texas A&M total rating has proven to be too high with the Under going 7-1-1 in its last nine.