Texas Longhorns Rank No. 7 In Second College Football Playoff Rankings

The Texas Longhorns remain on the outside looking in in the latest College Football Playoff Rankings.

Matt Galatzan | Nov 7, 2023

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Coming off of a thrilling overtime win over a ranked Kansas State Wildcats team on Saturday, the Texas Longhorns were hoping to move up in the newest edition of the College Football Playoff rankings.

However, at least for this week, that was not the case, with the Horns standing pat at No. 7 in Tuesday's rankings.

That said, as he noted last week, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian is not concerned with where they are right now.

"It's so early in this thing that I'm not really concerned about it," Sarkisian said last week. "There's so much football left to be played."

That might come as a surprise on the surface to some. However, there is reason for Sarkisian to be confident.

For all intents and purposes, the Longhorns still control their own destiny in the CFP race. They have arguably the best resumé of any one-loss team in the country, and they still have a date with another ranked team - whether it be Oklahoma or Oklahoma State or someone else - to help bolster their claim.

Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Longhorns :: Jay Janner/American-Statesman-USA TODAY NETWORK

Either way, there is still plenty of football to play for everyone, and all the Horns can do is focus on what they can control.

"The key is focusing on what you can control, and what we can control is our preparation and then ultimately the way we play Saturday," Sarkisian said last week. "We can't get caught up in what other people are doing."

You can view the full CFP rankings below (Big 12 teams in Bold):

1. Ohio State Buckeyes

2. Georgia Bulldogs

3. Michigan Wolverines

4. Florida State Seminoles

5. Washington Huskies

6. Oregon Ducks

7. Texas Longhorns

8. Alabama Crimson Tide

9. Ole Miss Rebels

10. Penn State Nittany Lions

11. Louisville Cardinals

12. Oregon State Beavers

13. Tennessee Volunteers

14. Missouri Tigers

15. Oklahoma State Cowboys

16. Kansas Jayhawks

17. Oklahoma Sooners

18. Utah Utes

19. LSU Tigers

20. Notre Dame Fighting Irish

21. Arizona Wildcats

22. Iowa Hawkeyes

23. Tulane Green Wave

24. North Carolina Tarheels

25. Kansas State Wildcats

Published Nov 7, 2023

MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writer’s Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014 covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.