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Where does your team stand? Updating the 12 Texas FBS college football teams after Nov. 18 games
Nov 19, 2017, 6:17 am
TCU held on to the top spot. Tom Pennington/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. 18 games.
No. 12: UTEP
The Miners showed some signs of life on Saturday. And by that, we mean they only lost by 20.
No. 11: Rice
The Owls showed some signs of life against Old Dominion. And by that we mean they covered the spread in a 24-21 loss.
No. 10: Texas State
The Bobcats got drilled by Arkansas State and face a tougher test next week with Troy.
No. 9: Baylor
The Bears fell to Iowa State and will wrap a dismal season with a loss to TCU next week.
No. 8: UTSA
The Road Runners knocked off a solid Marshall team in a 9-7 slugfest.
No. 7: Texas Tech
No shame in losing to TCU, but the Red Raiders did not even try.
No. 6: SMU
The season is slowly spiraling out of control for the Ponies, who were blown out by Memphis.
No. 5: Houston
Tulane? You lost to Tulane? There are not enough shame bells in the world for Major Applewhite and the Cougars.
No. 4: North Texas
The Mean Green are likely headed for the C-USA championship game and are playing solid football. They survived OT against a really good Army team and moved up a few spots.
No. 3: Texas
The Longhorns are now bowl eligible after getting a nice road win at West Virginia.
No. 2: Texas A&M
The Aggies won at Mississippi to get to 7-4. Will need to upset LSU to get to yet another 8-4 finish.
No. 1: TCU
The Frogs got back on track by dominating Texas Tech.
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