Coach Mike Elko’s debut season with Texas A&M wraps up in Sin City, where the Aggies meet USC for just the fourth time ever at the SRS Distribution Las

Defensively, it will be tough for USC to slow down the Aggies, specifically through the air without cornerback Jaylin Smith. The 49 points Notre Dame put up on the Trojans in the regular-season finale were the most they’ve allowed all year, though most of the damage was done on the ground. A shootout might be the best-case scenario for the Trojans.

Las Vegas began blooming on the Nevada desert nearly a century ago thanks in part to the building of the Hoover Dam, and now Texas A&M coach Mike Elko hopes his program’s holidays sojourn to the bright lights on the sand helps bring a similar mushrooming for the Aggies.

Texas A&M's 2025 recruiting class features some of the best high school athletes in the country, including four-star linebacker Noah Mikhail and four-star Edge Marco Jones, two of the top defenders out of California.

The USC Trojans will play the Texas A&M Aggies in the Las Vegas Bowl. Can USC finish off 2024 on a good note? USC coach Lincoln Riley looks to finish the season above .500 against Texas A&M coach Mike Elko and the Aggies.