If they want controversy and viewers Texas is in the playoffs. Otherwise I am happy for the season because we beat our rivals and our young o line will get better next year.
You need a LOT of chaos. If Bama or OU loses (and OSU wins) it’s MILDLY interesting. If OU AND Bama lose it’s maybe actually sort of interesting. Still don’t see you hopping Miami.
Keep in mind, in the eyes of the committee, Miami did not beat Notre Dame. They may as well have not played. We can just assume Miami opened the season by beating Northern Delaware. With this in mind, the argument becomes more coherent
Miami has to beat Pitt who is trying to save their season after getting slapped around by ND. It’s highly unlikely Texas makes the playoffs but it’s not hard to see it happening either.
Michigan’s issue wouldn’t be about
Texas, it would be about displacing somebody in front of them like Bama. If OU, Bama, ND, and Michigan all win I think k it genuinely puts the committee in something of a bind.
no way they deserve to hop us objectively. surface level they have more losses and lost to our common opponent (that we killed mind you). Knowing the committee and where the money is they will tho. even (assuming we we win tomorrow which is no guarantee) tho we add another ranked win
It’s weird, because I don’t think a 3 loss team should be in, but I DO think those good wins outweigh the 1 really bad loss. Texas had a fluke game against Florida and is one of the top 12 teams.
I feel like this glosses over the middle of the season where they had 3-4 matches they escaped. They could easily be a few plays away from 6-6 as well.
Our OL was retooled about 8 games into the season. The starting center got hurt and the backup had to start, played decent enough, so when the starter was available again they just played him at LG and we haven't been a total turnstile at that spot since. It's still not good, but that spot isn't abhorrent like it was.
We also lost to Florida by one score and ohio state by one score so we could easily flip literally two plays and be 11-1 with the only loss being UGA. It works both ways. Wins just matter less.
You are right. I guess I didn’t really pay attention at the time, but needing OT to beat both Kentucky and Miss State in back to back weeks (who are combined 3-13 in SEC play) is hard to overlook.
Notre Dame lost to Texas A&M at home who just lost by 10 to Texas. Their only quality win is three-loss USC.
Texas has three top-15 wins (Oklahoma, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt). The reason to put Notre Dame above Texas is they have one fewer loss. It’s going to be an interesting conversation for the last spot if Ohio State finally can beat Michigan.
If Pitt wins tomorrow, I’ll change my stance about them. Georgia Tech doesn’t have a ranked win all year. They essentially were a better version of Missouri in the SEC who stayed ranked by beating who they should and losing to every ranked team they faced.
You don’t get punished, but you dint get rewarded for it either. And when a cause for punishment comes in the form of a L, they absolutely factor it in then when deciding rerank a team.
The Georgia game was 14-10 going into the fourth quarter. Texas absolutely sucked in the fourth, with Kirby Smart’s onside kick being the nail in the coffin. Texas certainly didn’t play well against Kentucky or Mississippi State, but they won.
Also. Notre Dame struggled with 1-10 Boston College, too. It goes both ways.
Also, I will not be surprised if Texas is left out, and I’m fine with that. That said, Sarkisian does have a point about the Ohio State game. If Texas schedules a gimme in week 1 and wins, even with the loss to 3-8 Florida they would be a playoff lock at 10-2 with three top-15 wins.
Other than beating Oklahoma and being very competitive in Columbus against Ohio State, Texas did not look good until the November 1st game against Vanderbilt, I agree.
Notre Dame lost its first two games of the year and represents Miami’s only ranked win of the season. You sucked ass to start the season, too.
Compare the resumes and objectively tell me Notre Dame’s resume is better than Texas. If I believed Notre Dame had the better resume, I’d say so. They don’t.
Two games we won? People keep bringing up Kentucky like they didn't do the same damn thing to Georgia LAST YEAR.
Mississippi State also took other good teams down to the wire. I don't really see how a 17 point comeback in a hostile environment is some sort of gotcha.
Notre Dame looked like a better team in October, minus Texas beating top-10 Oklahoma. In November, both teams have looked good overall. Texas dominated Arkansas last week, beat Vanderbilt at home and A&M tonight with a dominant second half.
Outside of a poor 4th quarter in Athens, Texas and Arch Manning have played well this month.
You just can't justify putting a 3 loss team that lost to a 3/4 win team in the CFP (yes I know we did not score an offensive touchdown against that team but that does not negate my point)
The radio guy said this is the first time a team had three top 10 wins in six years. I was a little surprised by that info. I doubt Texas will get in but the chaos on this sub if they would be magical.
Counterpoint: Counting top-10 wins on weeks that are not the current week are dumb. If you did that, Charlie Strong would have a top 10 win in 2016, even though that win was against a Notre Dame that went 4-8.
I agree with you, but those teams are all top 15 now anyway. OU and A&M are still top 10. Vandy literally would be top 10 if they had beaten us. Our fault for beating them lol.
None of them went anything close to the 4-8 Charlie Strong example.
I definitely see a valid argument for both mindsets. I don't really pay much attention to stats like that but I do recognize that the energy going against a top 10 team is very different than going against an unranked team. Hindsight is always 20-20 but I'm very confident players treat those two examples differently, even if coaches say they don't.
Texas IMO basically has to get in the top 10 in order to go to the playoffs. 12 seed will be the AAC champion and the 11 seed will almost certainly be the ACC champion unless Miami makes the ACCCG and wins which is unlikely. Unless major chaos happens tomorrow they probably don’t make it.
Unless the committee throws them in for controversy and money; I wouldn’t put it past them to do that.
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u/eye_can_see_you Texas Longhorns • Team Chaos Nov 29 '25
Texas has way better wins than any of the other bubble teams, but also the worst loss
I don't think we'll be in, but I'll be curious to see what the committee does