The Longhorns already had two losses under their belt in matchups against Ohio State and Florida. Overtime wins over SEC bottom-feeders Kentucky and Mississippi State only added to the frustration. Oklahoma lost to Texas and dropped at home against Ole Miss two weeks later as the offense grinded to a halt.

The Texas Tech football team is off to its best start since 2008. The Red Raiders are awarded with a spot in the CFP rankings for the first time.

The College Football Playoff committee’s first rankings of the season were released Tuesday, and the defending national champions are back on top. The Ohio Stat

The Week 11 high school rankings from Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine and TexasFootball.com. 1. Southlake Carroll (10-0) Last week: Beat Keller Central 49-3. Previous ranking: 1. 2. Allen (9-0) Last week: Beat McKinney Boyd 63-0. Previous ranking: 2.

Honestly, my favorite part of the rankings reveal every week is when the committee chairman has to answer a bunch of questions about why teams are ranked where they are, and is forced to give a bunch of answers that will inevitably conflict with other answers they've already given.

COLLEGE STATION - After a week of rest in its final regular season bye week of the year Texas A&M football stands idle in the polls entering Week 11. With no game to further boost their resume, the Aggies remain No. 3 in the US LBM coaches poll and the AP Top 25 poll.

Maybe not exactly, but the Longhorns were able to fend off a 21-point, fourth-quarter barrage from the Vanderbilt Commodores on Saturday afternoon and—behind a 328-yard, three-touchdown performance from Arch Manning—came away with a 34-31 win and a massive boost in this week's AP Top 25 poll.

Lubbock is the center of the college football universe this week. No. 8 BYU visits No. 9 Texas Tech on Saturday for the first top-10 matchup in a Big 12 conference game since 2021. ESPN's “College GameDay” show is going to set up shop at Jones AT & T Stadium for the first time since 2008 and a tent city has sprung up outside the gates with eager students hoping to get the first crack at the best seats.