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Proud Aggies love showing off love of their alma mater

Dallas Cowboys fans cheer during a game against the Seattle Seahawks at AT&T Stadium on Dec. 24.
Dallas Cowboys fans cheer during a game against the Seattle Seahawks at AT&T Stadium on Dec. 24. photo@star-telegram.com

Texas A&M Aggies are a proud bunch and it shows. Aggies led the state of Texas in specialty college-themed license plates in 2017, edging out the University of Texas.

No. 3 might surprise you: the University of Iowa. And the fourth-most popular plate will downright confuse you: the Colorado School of Mines. Wait ... what?!?!

In fact, six of the top 10 college-themed plates sold the past year were from schools out of state.

“We’re not that surprised. Alumni chapters are very active in supporting and promoting their alma mater” said Steve Farrar, President of Myplates.com.

The Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans were Nos. 1 and 2 in sports-themed plates, followed by the Texas Trophy Hunters Association, San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets.

The Texas A&M Aggies license plate was the top-seller among college-themed plates in Texas in 2017.
The Texas A&M Aggies license plate was the top-seller among college-themed plates in Texas in 2017. Myplates.com Myplates.com

Specialty plates, depending on the message you have printed on them, cost around $150 per year or $450 for a five-year term and $400 for a three-year term.

A look the top-selling plates in Texas for 2017:

Top-selling Texas plates in 2017

1.

Classic Black

9,574

2.

Lone Star Black

7,631

3.

Texas Black 1845

3,498

4.

Small Star Black

2,212

5.

Small Star Silver

1,036

College plates (In-state)

1.

Texas A&M

2.

Texas

3.

Texas Tech

4.

TCU

5.

Houston

College plates (Out-of-state)

1.

Iowa

2.

Colorado School of Mines

3.

LSU

4.

Oklahoma

5.

Alabama

All college plates

1.

Texas A&M

2.

Texas

3.

Iowa

4.

Colorado School of Mines

5.

Texas Tech

6.

LSU

7.

Oklahoma

8.

Alabama

9.

Oklahoma State

10.

TCU

Sports-themed plates

1.

Dallas Cowboys

2.

Houston Texans

3.

Texas Trophy Hunters Association

4.

San Antonio Spurs

5.

Houston Rockets

Flag or Texas themed plates

1.

Texas Oil & Gas

2.

Come and Take It

3.

Texas Tough Black

4.

Carbon Fiber

5.

Don’t Tread on Me

Stefan Stevenson: 817-390-7760, @StevensonFWST

This story was originally published January 5, 2018 at 6:02 PM with the headline "Proud Aggies love showing off love of their alma mater."

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