If the CFP Started Tomorrow, the Texas Longhorns' Path Would Be Very Interesting

The part of the season where each team begins to worry about whether they have done enough to appease the College Football Playoff selection committee is officially here.

Following Week 11, the Texas Longhorns seem to be one of the teams that are on the bubble and can just as easily find themselves on the outside looking in come the postseason.

With the latest College Football Rankings coming out on Tuesday night, here’s a look at what the playoff bracket would look like should the season end tomorrow.

Texas Longhorns Make the Cut

Mississippi Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin looks on during the first quarter against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. | Petre Thomas-Imagn Images

The Texas Longhorns came in at the No. 10 spot and essentially “won” their bye week, with BYU losing to an impressive Texas Tech squad. As it now sits, Texas would make the tournament as an at-large bid and would make the trip to Oxford, Mississippi, to face coach Lane Kiffin and the No. 7 Ole Miss Rebels in the first round. The winner of that game would go on to face the No. 2 Indiana Hoosiers.

The Rest of the Bracket

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The four teams that would have the first week off include the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes, the No. 2 Indiana Hoosiers, the No. 3 Texas A&M Aggies and the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide.

The No. 12 South Florida Bulls would travel to face the No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs in Athens, with the winner set to face Alabama.

The No. 9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish would head to the west coast to take on the No. 8 Oregon Ducks, with the winner slated to play Ohio State.

The No. 11 Miami Hurricanes will travel to west Texas to battle the No. 6 Texas Tech Red Raiders and the winner would play Texas A&M.

If the Longhorns then managed to get by the Hoosiers, they would likely move on to face the winner of Texas Tech and Texas A&M in the semifinals.

And if they managed to pull out a win there, the Ohio State Buckeyes would be waiting in the national title game.

Of course, however, that is a long way off, and the Horns still have much to do before making the playoff even becomes a reality in the first place.

If the way the rankings are now remain, the first two teams excluded would be Oklahoma and BYU.

Here’s the full ranking that came out Tuesday:

No. 1 - Ohio State Buckeyes

No. 2 - Indiana Hoosiers

No. 3 - Texas A&M Aggies

No. 4 - Alabama Crimson Tide

No. 5 - Georgia Bulldogs

No. 6 - Texas Tech Red Raiders

No. 7 - Ole Miss Rebels

No. 8 - Oregon Ducks

No. 9 - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

No. 10 - Texas Longhorns

No. 11 - Oklahoma Sooners

No. 12 - BYU Cougars

No. 13 - Utah Utes

No. 14 - Vanderbilt Commodores

No. 15 - Miami Hurricanes

No. 16 - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

No. 17 - USC Trojans

No. 18 - Michigan Wolverines

No. 19 - Virginia Cavaliers

No. 20 - Louisville Cardinals

No. 21 - Iowa Hawkeyes

No. 22 - Pitt Panthers

No. 23 - Tennessee Volunteers

No. 24 - South Florida Bulls

No. 25 - Cincinnati Bearcats