The Texas Longhorns' final College Football Playoff ranking and their opponent have been revealed.
Not only were the Longhorns a virtual lock heading into Atlanta, but they still held the inside track at hosting a home playoff game despite the loss.
On Sunday morning, the CFP committee released their final rankings, locking in the matchups for the first round, and setting the first-ever 12-team playoff bracket in stone. Fortunately for the Longhorns, they landed pretty much where we expected, coming in at No. 5 in the overall CFP Rankings, and earning their home playoff game in Round 1With the way the playoffs are formatted, the four highest-ranked conference champions get the top four spots in the final rankings, and as a result, earn first-round byes. Then the rest of the field falls in behind that and plays in Round 1.And due to those stipulations, the now No. 5 ranked Longhorns will take on the No.
Not only that, but should the Longhorns win their Round 1 matchup, they would go on to face the ___ in round 2No. 10 Indiana at No. 7 Notre DameNo. 2 Georgia vs. winner of Notre Dame/IndianaMatt 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.
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