Right now, the Texas Longhorns have undeniably the most impressive win in all of college football after taking down the then-No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes to exact revenge on one of the top teams in the sport and secure the No. 1 ranking as their own.
With that win, and the weight that an SEC schedule carries, the Horns have one of the most impressive strength of schedule arguments in the land. That rings true, no matter how bad their biggest rivals have looked.
Just a few years ago, while still in the Big 12, the Longhorns were desperate for the Oklahoma Sooners to hold it together through the start of the season, so the Red River Rivalry looked like a quality win. That was because the rest of the conference repeatedly failed to amount to much on the national level.
And even earlier in Texas's tenure in the Big 12, they often relied on the Texas A&M Aggies to look at least halfway decent so that their final regular-season game of the year could equate to an impressive victory.
Now, with the win over Ohio State and a gauntlet of an SEC schedule still ahead of Texas, it does not actually matter how good or how bad the Sooners and the Aggies are. Interestingly, that makes the two teams' recent demises in the AP Top 25 Poll all that much sweeter.
Longhorns' dont need Sooners or Aggies to be good for a strong resume
No matter what Oklahoma or Texas A&M are ranked (or not ranked) once they take the field against Texas, the Horns have a an incredible schedule of ranked conference opponents still on the horizon:
- at No. 14 Tennessee Volunteers
- vs. No. 21 Florida Gators
- vs. No. 4 Ole Miss Rebels
- vs. No. 24 Mississippi State Bulldogs
- at No. 10 LSU Tigers
- at No. 19 Missouri Tigers
- at No. 23 Texas A&M Aggies
For right now, the Aggies are clinging to a spot in the Top 25 after an upset loss to the unranked Kentucky Wildcats. Two rocky weeks in a row had the Sooners kissing a ranked spot goodbye this past weekend.
However, with Texas A&M currently at No. 23, Texas has seven ranked SEC opponents ahead of them, with only Oklahoma and the Arkansas Razorbacks unranked at the moment.
So, even if Texas drops a game or two (to Ole Miss and LSU, for example), the Horns would still walk away from the season with a 10-2 record, wins over at least five ranked opponents, and the incredible comeback victory over Ohio State to their name.
Joining the SEC continues to pay dividends, and the latest payoff has come in the ability to revel in the demises of the Longhorns' two most hated rivals.
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