Texas A&M to open 2026 season against Missouri State
The Aggies are scheduled to host Missouri State at Kyle Field on 5 September, with ESPN listed as broadcaster.
Texas A&M is scheduled to begin its 2026 football season against Missouri State at Kyle Field in College Station on 5 September, with kick-off set for 6 p.m.
Yahoo Sports lists ESPN as the broadcaster for the fixture. The game is also expected to be played in temperatures in the low to mid-80s, with a slight chance of rain near kick-off.
Texas A&M enters the opener under head coach Mike Elko, with quarterback Marcel Reed among the central figures in the team’s season campaign. The source says Elko’s team went 11–2 last season after an 8–4 record the year before, with the 2025 season ending against Miami in the College Football Playoff.
Missouri State is led by first-year head coach Casey Woods. DraftKings lists Texas A&M as a 40½-point favourite and sets the points total at 53½, according to the source.
The Aggies’ schedule also includes games against Arizona State, Kentucky, LSU, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Texas.
