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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.
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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.
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.

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.

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Zach Dimmitt
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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