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Longhorns Make Cut for 1st College Football Playoff Rankings

The Texas Longhorns made a somewhat surprising appearance in the first installment of the College Football Playoff rankings.
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Longhorns Make Cut for 1st College Football Playoff Rankings
Longhorns Make Cut for 1st College Football Playoff Rankings

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The Texas Longhorns have made the cut for the first official College Football Playoff rankings of 2022, coming in at No. 24.

Texas is one of four teams from the Big 12 to make the CFP rankings, joining the No. 18 Oklahoma State Cowboys, the No. 13 Kansas State Wildcats and the No. 7 TCU Horned Frogs.

The top four in the rankings includes the Tennessee Volunteers, the Ohio State Buckeyes, the Georgia Bulldogs and the Clemson Tigers, who all rank one through four, respectively.

The Longhorns are arguably in the toughest stretch of their season, as they come into Saturday's road matchup with Kansas State after falling 41-34 to Oklahoma State on Oct. 22. Texas will then host TCU on Nov. 12, a team that could very well still be undefeated headed into Austin.

There's an argument for Texas not to be ranked in the CFP's first installment of rankings, as the Longhorns are the only three-loss team in the top 25. However, it's possible that the selection committe took into account the fact that all three of Texas' losses have been by one score or less, including a 20-19 loss to No. 6 Alabama on Sept. 10.

The Longhorns and Wildcats will kickoff on Saturday in Manhattan at 6 p.m. CT.

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ZACH DIMMITT

Zach Dimmitt is the Deputy Editor for Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI. He also contributes as a writer for the On SI channels of the Oregon Ducks, Baltimore Ravens and Tennessee Titans. He was previously the editor-in-chief of Buffalo Bills on SI, Philadelphia Eagles on SI and Seattle Seahawks on SI. Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Dimmitt received his Bachelor’s Degree in journalism at the University of Texas at Austin in 2022. He originally started with SI’s Fan Nation network in 2021, providing extensive coverage of the NFL and NBA along with college football and basketball. In that time, Dimmitt has published thousands of stories and has reached millions of people across multiple fan bases. You can follow him on X at @ZachDimmitt7

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