When the College Football Playoff Committee released its initial top-25 ranking and first playoff bracket of the 2025 season, it not only gave the Texas Longhorns a seat at the table but also gave them exactly what they had been asking to see for weeks.
Less than a month earlier, the Horns stormed into the Cotton Bowl and defeated the then-No. 6 Oklahoma Sooners. Since then, OU somehow remained ahead of Texas in the AP Top 25 Poll, causing outrage among Longhorn fans and their favorite program.
On Tuesday night, the CFP Committee righted that wrong, placing the Longhorns at No.