Mike Elko apologizes to Texas A&M fans after Tennessee loss: ‘You deserve so much better’

Texas A&M‘s season from hell continued on Saturday, as it suffered its fourth loss in its past five games. The Aggies mustered just 179 total yards in a 22-7 home loss to No. 8 Tennessee, which dropped them to 4-6 (1-6) on the year. A&M opened as a popular pick to return to the College Football Playoff after earning the No. 10 seed in last year’s field. However, Texas A&M now looks to be on its way to missing the postseason unless it can end the regular season on a two-game win streak. That would include wins over Oklahoma and No. 6 Texas. A&M has reached the postseason in 16 of its past 17 seasons. Following Saturday’s deflating loss, head coach Mike Elko apologized to A&M fans for the performance. Along with issuing the apology, he asked fans to give him a chance to turn things around in College Station. “Utter apology with everything that I have to everybody that supports this program. Thank you for turning out, you deserve so much better. Give me a chance and we will get this fixed and put a much better product on the field. That’s all I can say.” Texas A&M has lost six of eight since loss to Kentucky The turning point of Texas A&M‘s 2026 season came in its third game of the year against Kentucky. The Aggies opened the season 2-0 with wins over Missouri State and Arizona State, and took an early 7-0 lead over the Wildcats in its SEC opener. Following that score, however, A&M was outscored 31-14 over the remainder of the game in the 31-21 loss. That loss to Kentucky spiraled into a 35-6 road loss at No. 10 LSU, which dropped the Aggies out of the AP Poll completely. They bounced back the following week with a 34-7 win over Arkansas, but have since dropped their past four SEC games. In games against conference opponents this season, A&M has been outscored 170-103. This story will be updated.