Unranked Auburn upsets CFP-hopeful Texas A&M in 4 OT thriller after game-tying score is dropped

Unranked Auburn upsets CFP-hopeful Texas A&M in 4 OT thriller after game-tying score is dropped

After lots of upsets throughout college football on Saturday, Texas A&M, ranked 15th in the country, had a chance to sneak into the next College Football Playoff bracket projection.

But they fell to unranked Auburn, 43-41, in an instant classic that took four overtimes to complete.

Auburn had taken a 43-35 lead to begin the fourth overtime, as Payton Thorne hit KeAndre Lambert-Smith for a two-point play.

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Payton Thorne

Tigers quarterback Payton Thorne makes his way off the field after beating the Texas A&M Aggies at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama, on Saturday. (Jake Crandall/Advertiser/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

With the teams both getting one play to score from the 3, Texas A&M turned to trickery on its attempt to send it to a fifth OT. Receiver Terry Bussey took the direct snap and handed off to quarterback Marcel Reed. Reed’s pass to Amari Daniels was dropped in the end zone.

The Aggies (8-3, 5-2), who had rallied from a 21-0…

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