Official: Winner of Texas vs. Texas A&M Will Face Georgia in SEC Championship

The Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies are in for a pressure-filled matchup.

Zach Dimmitt | 2 Hours Ago

Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) passes the ball against Kentucky Wildcats in the first quarter during the first half of an NCAA college football game at Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas, Saturday, Nov 24, 2024. / Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

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AUSTIN -- The stakes are officially still as high as ever ahead of next Saturday's monumental rivalry rematch between the Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies in College Station.

The SEC announced Saturday night that the Georgia Bulldogs have clinched a spot in the SEC Championship. Per multiple reports, the winner of Texas vs. Texas A&M will play the Bulldogs in Atlanta on Dec. 7.

Texas A&M, which dropped a 43-41 four-overtime heartbreaker to the Auburn Tigers at Jordan-Hare Stadium, appeared to have its SEC hopes all but dashed with the loss, but the Aggies still have tons to play for, including an automatic College Football Playoff berth, if they can get past the Longhorns and beat Georgia for the conference title.

SEC title game is set:

Georgia vs. winner of next week's Texas at Texas A&M game
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) November 24, 2024

The SEC confirms that Georgia has clinched a spot into the championship game. Bulldogs will play the winner of Texas and Texas A&M.
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) November 24, 2024

As for Texas, the Longhorns put away the Kentucky Wildcats in a 31-14 win in Austin Saturday and still controlled their destiny to the SEC title game even before Texas A&M's loss.

“The game is the game as far as, what are we trying to accomplish to win that game to get to the SEC Championship Game?” Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian said Saturday after the win over Kentucky. “But, I’m not naive to know the rivalry is the rivalry, and what this game means to the entire state of Texas, and households being divided Thanksgiving weekend.”

The Longhorns and Aggies will kick off from College Station next Saturday at 6:30 p.m. CT. ESPN's College GameDay will be on hand.