Texas football fans were starting to celebrate a bit this weekend after a couple of upsets and the College Football Playoff selection committee solidified Longhorn fans' reasons for optimism. The latest CFP rankings dropped Tuesday and Texas was ranked ...

See the full bracket, top 25 and where Texas teams stand in the College Football Playoff rankings compared to the AP Top 25.

Which team was ranked too high and which program's season is on the line this weekend? Joel Klatt shared his takeaways from the second release of the College Football Playoff rankings.

A&M checked in at No. 15 in the second rankings released on Tuesday night concerning the 12-team CFP, down one spot from a week prior. The Aggies (7-2, 5-1 SEC) host New Mexico State (2-7, 1-5 C-USA) on Saturday night in a nonconference contest before closing league play Nov. 23 at Auburn and Nov. 30 at Kyle Field against No. 3 Texas.

The Longhorns (9-1) would receive a first-round bye if the College Football Playoff began today. Some thanks are due to Georgia — the team responsible for Texas’ lone loss — for the placement.

We want the weekly Playoff rankings. We want to complain about them. In fact, we like these rankings so much, how about we rank them?

Iowa State still has a shot. Coming off a 23-22 loss to Texas Tech that dropped them from the ranks of the unbeaten, the Cyclones were ranked No. 17 in the first College Football Playoff Rankings of the 2024 season.

Prior to the release of the latest College Football Playoff Rankings on Tuesday, The Athletic's Stewart Mandel outlined how No. 3 Texas is currently reaping the benefits of an outdated tradition in college football polls.