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The best 2-loss team: UT or Notre Dame? Is Tech underrated? | A Texas take on college football
BOHLS: No, it’s not. That would be Notre Dame, whose two losses to top five clubs Miami and Texas A&M came on the last series of the game But I’d put Texas second in that category after the 21st-ranked Longhorns take care of Kentucky 34-17.
Outlook the rest of the way: It's the SEC, so Texas still has plenty of time to stack some quality wins. As with other two-loss teams, though, the 'Horns are skating on thin ice. There will be a glut of 10-2 teams by season's end, so that means it will be virtually impossible for any programs beyond that bar to make the cut for a 12-team playoff.
Arch Manning and Texas finally figured some things out on Saturday afternoon and picked up their first Power 4 win of the season.
Texas A&M and Texas Tech are both 6-0 and tied for first in their respective conferences as the regular season hits the halfway mark.
Further down in the rankings we are expecting a drop for Oklahoma outside the top 10 and a bump back into the rankings for Arch Manning and Texas after taking down the Sooners in Dallas. That, plus plenty of shake up near the end of the ballots, will highlight the key shake ups for Sunday's new rankings release.
After a difficult tenure at Texas A&M, quarterback Haynes King transferred to Georgia Tech. King's father, a longtime football coach, instilled a sense of toughness in him from a young age. Under King's leadership, the Yellow Jackets have achieved back-to-back winning seasons and are now considered playoff contenders.
Sure, Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian sometimes gets snarky with the media that covers his Longhorns. But with all the pressure, can you blame him?
Here’s a look at the nominees for “college football’s biggest home-field advantage.” Voting ends Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. PT. More than 100,000 fans pour into Tiger Stadium and crank up the noise. LSU has a staggering 79.4 home winning percentage since 1958 and eclipses the 80 percent mark in recent years.