Top 4 CFP prediction for Week 11: Where is Texas after a scare?

The College Football Playoff committee put the Texas Longhorns at No. 7 in the first rankings. Even with the best win of the season, the Longhorns are just trying to hold onto that spot without Quinn Ewers.

Kansas State gave Texas everything it could handle on Saturday and with Alabama’s win over LSU, the Crimson Tide could potentially leapfrog the Longhorns, even with Texas’s win head-to-head.

Steve Sarkisian will have to hope for a little bit of grace from the committee after nearly losing to K-State in overtime without his starting quarterback on the field. Quinn Ewers is still recovering from a shoulder sprain and Maalik Murphy threw for one touchdown and two interceptions in his second career start.

Murphy is 2-0 and holding serve, but the Longhorns are struggling to make a push into the committee’s top four. Can Texas move up at all in this week’s CFP rankings?

Texas stays put in Week 11 CFP rankings

Alabama cannot go ahead of Texas. That’s what it comes down to with the Crimson Tide at No. 8 last week, only one spot behind Texas. The Longhorns haven’t looked as good as Bama since that Week 1 win, but that win should still be significant.

Just because a win happens early in the year, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t count. Texas tested itself in the non-conference and the committee rewarded Ohio State with the No. 1 spot for doing the same thing.

This should be the top 4 rankings for Week 11:

1. Ohio State
2. Georgia
3. Washington
4. Florida State

Texas should stay at No. 7, behind Oregon and Michigan. That’s just playing the game by the rules that the committee set last week.

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