A battle between tradition-rich SEC programs is on tap for Saturday when the No. 14 Texas A&M Aggies (6-1, 4-0) host the No. 8 LSU Tigers (6-1, 2-1) at Kyle Field. The Aggies have won six straight after losing to Notre Dame in their season opener. Texas A&M beat Mississippi State 34-24 in its last outing. The Tigers are also riding a six-game losing streak after falling to USC in their season opener. LSU beat Arkansas 34-10 last week. LSU leads the all-time series 35-20-2.

Kickoff in College Station is at 7:30 p.m. ET. The Aggies are 1-point favorites in the latest LSU vs. Texas A&M odds via SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 55. Texas A&M is a -118 (risk $119 to win $100) favorite on the money line, with LSU listed as a -103 underdog (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college football odds page). 

Before you make any Texas A&M vs. LSU picks or any other college football predictions, you NEED to see which side proven SportsLine expert Jimmie Kaylor is on. 

Kaylor is a NFL, college football and DFS expert for SportsLine, who has covered the NFL and college football for close to a decade as a member of the Pro Football Writers of America. His background as a former college football All-American and NFL player gives him a unique perspective when building his fantasy lineups and locking in his betting picks. He has his finger on the pulse of the college football landscape and has been cashing in big for the last two years. 

Kaylor has destroyed the books in college football the last two seasons, netting a whopping 63.8 units while posting a 178-107-2 record since Week 1 of the 2023 season. All of his picks have been featured on his SportsLine expert page or in his weekly bylined articles. Anyone who followed his picks finished the season WAY UP!

Now, Kaylor has locked in a confident against-the-spread pick for LSU vs. Texas A&M in their Week 9 SEC matchup. We can tell you he's leaning Under on the point total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

Who wins Texas A&M vs. LSU in their Week 9 matchup in College Station on Saturday, and what critical X-factor makes one side of the spread a must-back? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the spread to jump on, all from the expert who is 178-107-2, returning $6,380 for $100 bettors, betting on college football since Week 1 of the 2023 season, and find out!

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