Here is the tale of the tape for tonight's Cotton Bowl.
Cotton Bowl: Texas A&M (9-3) vs. LSU (10-2)
Texas A&M (#31) overall in production has an offense that is ranked #33 and a defense that is ranked #47. Texas A&M also has a SOS of 55.03, with their best win over #15 Oklahoma and thier worst loss against #25 Missouri.
LSU (#36) overall in production has an offense that is ranked #62 and a defense that is ranked #17. LSU also has a SOS of 53.92 with LSU's best win over #4 Alabama and LSU's worst loss against #18 Arkansas.
Thus based only on the production model Texas A&M is favored over LSU, so the model predicts that Texas A&M will win this year's Cotton Bowl.