Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin has endured an off-season of transition. The Aggies have a new quarterback (Oklahoma transfer Trevor Knight), a new offensive coordinator (Noel Mazzone, who came from UCLA) and a new athletic director (Scott Woodward from Washington).
Sumlin is 36–16 in four seasons in College Station, but the Aggies are coming off back-to-back 8–5 campaigns. A&M got outscored 109–43 in losses to SEC West foes Alabama, Auburn, LSU and Ole Miss last season. The lopsided results hint that the gap between the Aggies and the rest of the SEC West may be widening.
Sumlin has not been complacent this off-season, with an overhaul of A&M's strength program to add more mass and bulk among the most notable changes.