The second half of the SEC football schedule this season is full of games that will impact the playoff race. We break down the 12 biggest.

Can we have a mulligan? After many of our preseason college football picks went wrong, let's try it again at midseason.

Outlook the rest of the way: It's the SEC, so Texas still has plenty of time to stack some quality wins. As with other two-loss teams, though, the 'Horns are skating on thin ice. There will be a glut of 10-2 teams by season's end, so that means it will be virtually impossible for any programs beyond that bar to make the cut for a 12-team playoff.

Clemson. Penn State. Bill Belichick. Arch Manning. All are among the biggest disappointments of the first half of the college football season.

That's the circumstance No. 21 Texas football faces this week. Reclaiming a place in the AP Top 25 with an emotional rivalry victory over Oklahoma, the Longhorns will now encounter a scuffling Kentucky team that hasn't played since Oct. 4. The trap, contrived by the SEC's scheduling algorithm, is set. How can the Longhorns avoid it?

Arch Manning and Texas finally figured some things out on Saturday afternoon and picked up their first Power 4 win of the season.

College football Week 8 odds, picks, predictions, TV channel, streaming for Texas Longhorns vs Kentucky Wildcats SEC game on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.

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Further down in the rankings we are expecting a drop for Oklahoma outside the top 10 and a bump back into the rankings for Arch Manning and Texas after taking down the Sooners in Dallas. That, plus plenty of shake up near the end of the ballots, will highlight the key shake ups for Sunday's new rankings release.

The No. 7 Texas Tech Red Raiders were punished for their fans participating in a longstanding tradition of throwing tortillas.