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Texas ranked No. 17 in College Football Playoff rankings, dropping seven spots after Georgia loss

Joe Cookby: Joe Cook11/19/25josephcook89
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The Texas Longhorns dropped seven spots from No. 10 to No. 17 in the November 18 version of the College Football Playoff rankings.

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Texas dropped to 7-3 (4-2 SEC) on Saturday in a loss to No. 4 Georgia. The Longhorns also have losses this season to No. 1 Ohio State and unranked Florida. Texas has wins over No. 8 Oklahoma and No. 14 Vanderbilt.

Southeastern Conference teams to make the top 25 included No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 4 Georgia, No. 6 Ole Miss, No. 8 Oklahoma, No. 10 Alabama, No. 14 Vanderbilt, No. 20 Tennessee, and No. 22 Missouri.

Texas faces Arkansas this Saturday at 2:30 p.m. on ABC. The Longhorns and the Razorbacks will battle at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in the first meeting in Austin between the two teams since 2008. The Longhorns won that battle 52-10.

College Football Playoff top 25 for November 18

  1. Ohio State Buckeyes
  2. Indiana Hoosiers
  3. Texas A&M Aggies
  4. Georgia Bulldogs
  5. Texas Tech Red Raiders
  6. Ole Miss Rebels
  7. Oregon Ducks
  8. Oklahoma Sooners
  9. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
  10. Alabama Crimson Tide
  11. BYU Cougars
  12. Utah Utes
  13. Miami Hurricanes
  14. Vanderbilt Commodores
  15. USC Trojans
  16. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
  17. Texas Longhorns
  18. Michigan Wolverines
  19. Virginia Cavaliers
  20. Tennessee Volunteers
  21. Illinois Illini
  22. Missouri Tigers
  23. Houston Cougars
  24. Tulane Green Wave
  25. Arizona State Sun Devils

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