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Where does your team stand? Updating the 12 Texas FBS college football teams after Nov. 11 games
Nov 12, 2017, 6:56 am
Kliff Kingsbury and Tech got a much-needed win. Thomas B. Shea/Getty Images
Texas has 12 FBS teams. Each week we will rank them based on season-long performance, the prior game, and success relative to their level. These are the rankings after Nov. 4 games.
No. 12: UTEP
The beating goes on for the winless Miners. North Texas took them to the woodshed.
No. 11: Rice
The Owls at least put up a fight against Southern Miss. Alas, it was still a losing effort.
No. 10: Texas State
The Bobcats are playing better football, but lost 33-30 to Georgia State. At least it wasn't George Strait.
No. 9: Baylor
The Bears will probably have to be happy with that win over Kansas. They were competitive against Tech, but could not get the job done.
No. 8: UTSA
The Road Runners lost at home to improving UAB. They would fall on this list except there is nowhere to go with the teams behind them being putrid.
No. 7: North Texas
The Mean Green are likely headed for the C-USA championship game and are playing solid football.
No. 6: Texas Tech
The Red Raiders got back to .500 with a win over lowly Baylor and need one more victory for bowl eligibility.
No. 5: SMU
For a second straight week, the Ponies threw a scare into a superior opponent, but came up short in a 43-40 loss to Navy.
No. 4: Texas
The Longhorns are now 5-5 after taking out woeful Kansas. A trip to West Virginia and Tech remain as the Horns seek bowl eligibility.
No. 3: Houston
The Cougars were off. Tulane and Navy are left on the schedule.
No. 2: Texas A&M
The Aggies thumped New Mexico, but then again, they were supposed to thump New Mexico.
No. 1: TCU
The Frogs dropped their second of the season, losing to OU and all but killing their playoff hopes.
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Peraza entered the game as a defensive replacement in the seventh inning and hit a bases-loaded fly ball to deep right field that eluded the outstretched glove of Cam Smith. It was the fourth straight hit off Astros closer Bryan Abreu (3-4), who had not allowed a run in his previous 12 appearances.
The Angels third run of the ninth inning scored when Mike Trout walked with the bases loaded.
Kyle Hendricks allowed one run while scattering seven hits over six innings. He held the Astros to 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position, the one hit coming on Jesús Sánchez’s third-inning infield single that scored Jeremy Peña.
Reid Detmers worked around a leadoff walk to keep the Astros scoreless in the seventh, and José Fermin (3-2) retired the side in order in the eighth before Kenley Jansen worked a scoreless ninth to earn his 24th save.
Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti struck out a season-high eight batters over 6 1/3 innings. The only hit he allowed was Zach Neto’s third-inning solo home run.
Yordan Alvarez had two hits for the Astros, who remained three games ahead of Seattle for first place in the AL West.
Key moment
Peraza’s two-run single to deep right field that broke a 1-1 tie in the ninth.
Key Stat
Opponents were 5 for 44 against Abreu in August before he allowed four straight hits in the ninth.
Up next
Astros RHP Hunter Brown (10-6, 2.37 ERA) faces RHP José Soriano (9-9, 3.85) when the series continues Sunday.