COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Sporadically during home games at Kyle Field -- usually during timeouts -- the stadium's enormous video board will display another live college football game, sometimes two, to keep the crowd entertained during the break in action.

It makes it quite challenging to avoid scoreboard watching, even for those actually playing on the Kyle Field grass.

"It's hard when they've got the [other] games going during the game," Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin said jokingly after the Aggies' 52-10 win over New Mexico State on Saturday. "They've got split-screen going up there and I'm trying to figure out what we're doing, whether to go for it or punt and I look up there and we have two different ballgames going."

It's that time of year when scoreboard-watching becomes a sport of its own, particularly if you're a part of or support a team that has a chance at achieving something meaningful. The No. 7 Aggies (7-1) are in that category, with four games remaining and a realistic shot at going 11-1.

Do Trevor Knight and Texas A&M have a realistic path to the College Football Playoff? They very well might. Bob Levey/Getty Images

If Texas A&M finishes that way, an Allstate Sugar Bowl appearance seems virtually assured, but perhaps the Aggies might even have an outside shot of sneaking into the College Football Playoff. Where they sit when the initial batch of 2016 committee rankings are released on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET, ESPN) will provide real insight into how realistic their chances are.

First, they have to win the remainder of their games. Let's look at the path that lies ahead in Texas A&M's November:

Nov. 5 at Mississippi State: This is Texas A&M's lone remaining road game. While Davis Wade Stadium can get raucous with all those cowbells, the Bulldogs (3-5, 1-3 SEC) have struggled this season; they allowed 41 points to FCS foe Samford on Saturday.

Nov. 12 vs. Ole Miss: This is an intriguing one. QB Chad Kelly is talented enough to keep Ole Miss in any game, but this team is also struggling, having lost three in a row. The Rebels are talented and have a lot of quality losses but not a single win over a Power 5 opponent that is currently above .500.

Nov. 19 vs. UTSA: The Aggies are likely to be favored by a significant margin against this Conference USA foe, but the Roadrunners did throw a scare into a Power 5 opponent this season, leading Arizona State 28-12 midway through the third quarter before the Sun Devils reeled off 20 straight points to secure a comeback win. Still, this is a game Texas A&M should win.

Nov. 24 vs. LSU: This is the biggest game left on the schedule. If the Aggies roll into it at 10-1, it will create some high stakes for this Thanksgiving night clash. The Tigers are the one SEC West team that Texas A&M has yet to defeat since joining the conference in 2012. The Aggies have to find a way to slow down running back Leonard Fournette to have a shot at winning this one.

According to ESPN's metrics, the Aggies have the easiest remaining schedule among the teams currently ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll. Their remaining strength of schedule is ranked 67th nationally, just behind Louisville, which is ranked 64th.

If the Aggies manage to win out -- and assuming Alabama wins the SEC West and goes to the SEC championship game -- the following domino effect would significantly increase their chances of making the playoff:

Washington State beating Washington to win the Pac-12 North and keep the Huskies out of the Pac-12 championship game.

Oklahoma winning the Big 12. (The Sooners are currently unbeaten in conference play but have two nonconference losses.)

A Louisville loss (the Cardinals have three currently-better-than-.500 teams remaining on their schedule: Wake Forest, Houston and Kentucky).

Ohio State and Nebraska each pick up a second loss.

We'll get a better idea of how the committee views the Aggies on Tuesday; perhaps they won't need all of these dominoes to fall. But for any one-loss team that isn't a conference champ, nor a participant in a conference championship game, it won't be an easy path.

The good news for Texas A&M? All of the above scenarios are realistic. For now, the Aggies are saying all the right things about this topic.

"As a fan, you kind of look at who's beating who and where are the matchups and you may play a little into the 'so-and-so lost, who was undefeated, that gives us a good shot,'" senior quarterback Trevor Knight said. "But if we don't take care of what we need to take care of down the stretch, we're not even going to be in the conversation anyways."