ESPN recently predicted Texas football will come in ranked No. 10 in this week’s upcoming College Football Playoff rankings, ahead of the program’s SEC showdown versus Georgia this weekend. And according to ESPN’s prediction,

ESPN's College Football Playoff reporter believes the Longhorns are well-positioned to remain in the CFP bracket.

This now marks back-to-back seasons where Hill Jr. was named a semifinalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award, as he and last year's Jim Thorpe Award winner Jahdae Barron were both selected as semifinalists for the award in the 2024 season.

In mid November, three teams from the Lone Star State are currently ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll: Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Texas.

Lane Kiffin and Co. remain in the Top-10 of the College Football Playoff Rankings, predicted to face Longhorns in latest bracket.

If Texas wins out, that should surely be enough to secure the Longhorns a spot in the College Football Playoff bracket. As for the SEC championship game? Well, that's a different story.

Two of the three matchups of Associated Press Top 25 teams in Week 12 of the college football season take place in the Southeastern Conference, and the tightly bunched Atlantic Coast Conference and American Conference races should start untangling.