AUSTIN, Texas — Arch Manning found a hole, found space, found the end zone. And with the dagger touchdown, Texas found itself back in the College Football Playoff conversation, even if everyone outside the southeastern United States doesn’t want to hear it.

Texas A&M lost to Texas on Friday night. Going into the big Saturday of rivalry games, what do the final College Football Playoff rankings look like?

If you're a Longhorns fan hoping your team gets into the College Football Playoff, you need to be tuned in to Saturday's games. Here are teams you should be rooting for and what their chances are.

After the Aggies suffered their first loss of the season to the Longhorns, it is a question of where they will be seeded in the College Football Playoff after b

Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian said his team deserves to be in the College Football Playoff after upsetting Texas A&M on Friday night.

Sarkisian didn’t call out the Aggies by name, but he noted that some of the teams in front of the 16th-ranked Longhorns didn’t play a schedule as tough as Texas’, “and they’ve got a nice pretty record to show for it.”

With three wins over top 10 foes, No. 16 Texas is pushing hard to be the College Football Playoff's first three-loss team

The No. 5 Texas Tech Red Raiders face the West Virginia Mountaineers on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025 at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, W.Va.

Arguments surrounding No. 16 Texas’ case to make the College Football Playoff were sparked after its win over No. 3 Texas A&M.