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Warde Manuel discusses gap between Texas, Georgia in latest CFP rankings
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Warde Manuel spoke about the difference between Texas and Georgia on his weekly teleconference with college football media members on Tuesday night.
Georgia has a head-to-head win over the Longhorns, but the Bulldogs rank 7 spots lower in the latest committee rankings. Texas stayed put at No. 3 this week while Georgia moved up to No. 10 following its big over Tennessee.
Manuel pointed to Texas’s entire “body of work” as the reason for the rankings gap.
“Well, obviously Georgia has a very good win at Texas, but as the committee analyzed the body of work of Texas versus where Georgia is at the present time with 2 losses, even to top-25 teams, we came out that Texas was still a very strong team deserving of a 3 seed,” Manuel said. “They have a top-5 defense. Quinn Ewers is leading one of the top passing offenses in the country.
“We just looked at them and thought — and came out, I should say, with them at 3. It’s nothing against Georgia. Georgia is a great team, but they did struggle against Ole Miss at Ole Miss but had a great win this past week against Tennessee. We will continue to monitor both teams and see how it goes in the next few weeks.”
It’s worth noting that Georgia has faced a significantly-tougher strength of schedule to this point in the year than Texas has. Per ESPN’s Football Power Index, the Bulldogs rank No. 1 in SOS nationally. Texas ranks 38th.
The next College Football Playoff rankings will be revealed on Nov. 26.
Spenser is a news editor for Saturday Down South and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.
