Josh Pate says Texas is in ‘precarious’ position in CFP rankings
By Jacob Moss
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The first College Football Playoff rankings of the 2025 season were released on Tuesday, and they featured 9 SEC squads, which was the most of any conference in the country.
Among these 9 SEC sides that made their way into the initial CFP rankings were the Texas Longhorns, who the selection committee had slotted in as their No. 11 team in the country heading into Week 11.
At first glance, this appears to be a very solid position for the Longhorns to find themselves in, but Josh Pate believes that Steve Sarkisian‘s team is actually in a “precarious” spot heading into the final few weeks of the regular season.
“Texas has a stiff test right now,” Pate told ESPN’s Mike Greenberg on Get Up Thursday morning. “They still go on the road to Georgia, they’ve still got Texas A&M, and they’re already on the bubble. The good news for them is that their fate is in their hands, and they could end up securing it. A fun side exercise would be what happens to a 3-loss Texas, because one of those wins would be A&M or Georgia.”
The Longhorns will go on the road to Athens next weekend, and will finish their season up with the Aggies at home, and will more than likely have to at least split those 2 matchups if they want a shot at making the final 12-team CFP field come selection Sunday.
