Longhorns Daily News: Texas, Michigan in Citrus Bowl—what’s the latest?

Texas football seems likely to fall out of the College Football Playoff committee’s favorite this season. Hanging over head coach Steve Sarkisian’s head at this point in the 2025 campaign, a 9-3 regular season that included losses to top-ranked Ohio State in Week 1, as well as unranked (and, by now, perpetually drifting amongst college football’s ether-world) and Georgia, which more or less left a handprint across the program’s face during a loss in Athens last month.

But if the CFP’s a longshot, then what?

247Sports states Texas will face Michigan in this year’s Cheez-It Citrus Bowl.

From 247Sports: “The Citrus Bowl is contractually obligated to take the highest-ranked SEC and Big Ten teams in the CFP rankings that do not make the 12-team CFP field. … [That] would be No. 13 Texas (9-3) and No. 16 USC (9-3). But USC (and the other former Pac-12 schools who joined the Big Ten in 2024 – UCLA, Oregon and Washington – aren’t eligible to play in bowls with Big Ten tie-ins until the 2026 season). So, the next-highest-ranked Big Ten team in the CFP rankings is No. 19 Michigan (9-3).”

If that’s how the postseason plays out, then… bring on Orlando.

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS

Austin American-Statesman: Texas Football Bowl Projections: Where will Longhorns play their postseason game?

Austin American-Statesman: Golden: Why it’s time for Texas to end marquee nonconference matchups

Inside Texas: What data is the CFP selection committee looking at? Is it kind to Texas?

ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION

Texas moves to No. 13 in latest CFP Rankings

Hunter Yurachek explains Texas’ exclusion from the CFP

Steve Sarkisian wants Texas to change its non-conference scheduling philosophy

Texas hosts Virginia in important non-conference matchup

Inside the Numbers: No. 16 Texas reminds No. 3 Texas A&M who runs things

Four-star ATH Toray Davis flips from UCLA to Texas

RECRUITING ROUNDUP

247Sports: Thanksgiving Hoopfest: Nationally ranked seniors shine throughout the weekend

247Sports: NSD Eve Intel: Latest recruiting updates as Texas works to finalize Top 10 class

247Sports: Midlands Recruiting Notebook: Fresh batch of notes on night before Signing Day

247Sports: Boulder (Colo.) Fairview three-star ATH Toray Davis flips commitment from UCLA to Texas

Inside Texas: Grading Texas’ Defensive Recruiting Process: DT, Edge, LB, and secondary breakdown

SEC SHOWDOWN

Austin American-Statesman: NCAA selection show: Recap of tournament seeding

Austin American-Statesman: Report Card: How Texas A&M football graded in 27-17 loss to Texas

247Sports: SEC commissioner Greg Sankey in May wanted more clarification on the data being considered by CFP committee

Inside Texas: Deep Dive Film Room: Texas delivers the beating A&M didn’t see coming

Good Bull Hunting: Texas A&M falls to 7th in CFB playoff rankings

Rock M Nation: Beyond The Box Score: Are you not entertained?

And The Valley Shook: Lane Kiffin introduced as LSU’s head coach

Rocky Top Talk: Chris Low: Josh Heupel says he’s not a candidate at Penn State

Roll ‘Bama Roll: Alabama Football Recruiting: 2026 National Early Signing Day preview

A Sea Of Blue: 5 burning questions facing Will Stein as the new Kentucky Wildcats head coach

WHAT WE’RE READING

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SB Nation: What analytics predict about NFL’s contenders and pretenders

SB Nation: Adam Thielen was done dirty by the Vikings before they finally set things right

NEWS ACROSS LONGHORN NATION AND BEYOND

• This fella makes a strong point.