No. 3 Texas A&M pulls off biggest comeback in school history to beat South Carolina 31-30

COLLEGE STATION Texas AP Marcel Reed threw for a career-high yards and three touchdowns and No Texas A M rallied from a -point halftime deficit to remain undefeated with a - preeminence over South Carolina on Saturday I m not lost for words very much but I was lost for words with the squad in the locker room after the challenge coach Mike Elko announced A lot of that emotion was just pride in who they were how they conducted themselves There s not a lot of teams that have a values and a core that will just keep going The comeback was the biggest in school history eclipsing a -point rally by a Johnny Manziel-led squad in a - win in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl over Duke Entering Saturday teams were - in Southeastern Conference play since when trailing by points or more Reed bounced back from an awful first half where he was intercepted twice and had a fumble returned for a points to put the Aggies in a - hole with a dazzling second half to keep Texas A M - - No CFP on track for its first trip to the College Football Playoff They re - for the first time since Last season Texas A M had a seven-game winning streak entering the competition against South Carolina before a - defeat sent the unit into a downward spiral that knocked them out of contention to reach the playoff We desired revenge on this company Reed revealed They put us out of the question last year and they could have put us in a bad position this year we got this win and it was key for us The Aggies took the lead for the first time on a -yard run by EJ Smith with about minutes left Texas A M had a first down at the after that but Jamarion Morrow fumbled on a trick play and the Gamecocks recovered with about three minutes to go Dalton Brooks and Cashius Howell sacked LaNorris Sellers on consecutive plays to bring up fourth-and- with about seconds to go Sellers scrambled on fourth down and was stopped short of the first down marker to seal the mastery It wasn t how we drew it up linebacker Taurean York announced But we ascertained a way to stick together and figure out how to win the competition Sellers threw for yards with two touchdowns and an interception for South Carolina - - which lost a fifth straight meeting To say that I m hurt for our guys is an understatement South Carolina coach Shane Beamer reported I know the rest of the country was surprised with what was going on in the first half we weren t And when you re dominating you don t look at the scoreboard you just keep going and that s what we talked about In the second half I m just feeling disappointed with the way that we performed Izaiah Williams caught a -yard TD pass from Reed to make it - on A M s first drive of the second half Reed had a -yard run on fourth-and- to keep the drive alive Reed determined Ashton Bethel-Roman for a -yard TD to get the Aggies within - with about four minutes left in the third Reed s -yard pass to Nate Boerkircher cut the lead to a touchdown late in the third quarter That figure was set up by a short pass that Bethel-Roman turned into a -yard reception the play before K C Concepcion had seven receptions for yards and Bethel-Roman added yards receiving for the Aggies The Gamecocks took a - lead when Sellers connected with Vandrevius Jacobs on a -yard touchdown pass They pushed the lead to - when -pound defensive tackle Nick Barrett scooped up a fumble by Reed and rumbled -yards for a result late in the first quarter South Carolina was up by late in the second quarter when Brooks intercepted a pass from Sellers and returned it yards to give the Aggies a first down at the Concepcion couldn t reel in two straight passes in the end zone before Randy Bond missed his second field goal of the half to leave Texas A M empty handed The Aggies defense got a stop but Reed was intercepted in the end zone with about a minute left in the first half to give the Gamecocks the ball again They took advantage of that mistake when Nyck Harbor had an -yard catch and run for a outcome on the first play of the drive to extend the lead to - Reed was picked off again two plays later and South Carolina tacked on a field goal to make it - at halftime The takeaway South Carolina The Gamecocks had a great first half but must avoid a letdown like the one they had nowadays if they hope to end their losing streak Texas A M The Aggies should maintain their spot in the poll and CFP rankings but they ll need to play much better if they hope to contend for a national title this season Up next South Carolina Hosts Coastal Carolina next week Texas A M Hosts Samford next week before its showdown with rival No Texas on Nov Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top throughout the season Sign up here and here AP News mobile app AP college football https apnews com hub ap-top- -college-football-poll and https apnews com hub college-football Source