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Five teams are locked into CFP spots, while four squads were eliminated including the preseason No. 1 Texas Longhorns.
The Arkansas secondary has struggled this season. Can Texas avoid literally dropping the football against the Razorbacks on Saturday?
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If you looked only at a list of wins and losses in Week 12, you would probably think it was a pretty easy Saturday around college football.
It's not a playoff elimination game for the Longhorns since there's another titanic matchup this month with unbeaten and third-ranked Texas A&M on the horizon, but a victory over the Bulldogs would break the program's big-game curse under Steve Sarkisian and provide Texas with its third top-15 win of the season.
USC at Oregon and Missouri at Oklahoma are the only ranked matchups in Week 13 and the home teams are favored by more than a touchdown.
Do Texas Longhorns have any chance at the college football playoff? The odds have taken a nose dive after a humiliating loss to the Georgia Bulldogs.
A huge showdown between USC and Oregon this Saturday -- live on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ -- could make or break CFP hopes for both programs. Meanwhile, Oklahoma beating Alabama this past weekend has intensified the scramble for the SEC's likely fourth spot.