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Best In Texas college football rankings.<\/p>\n
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President Trump learned a valuable lesson about picking college football games Saturday, at least politically speaking, which goes like this: Always side with the school from the state with the most electoral votes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Otherwise in Knoxville, 14th-ranked Tennessee made an impression on top-ranked Texas<\/a>, which insists on making things as difficult as possible each week. Among other sins, the Longhorns gave up six sacks, committed 115 yards worth of penalties and once again failed to establish any sort of running game to make life easier on Arch Manning.\u00a0<\/p>\n Also, Steve Sarkisian should tell Colin Simmons after his latest sack celebration<\/a> that if he insists on marking his territory, maybe use chalk instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The good news for the Longhorns is they\u2019re 4-0 with wins over two top-15 teams and, if the offense remains a work in progress, their defense is championship-caliber. Texas collected 10 sacks, which is 10 more than Texas A&M managed in a mugging by LSU<\/a>. Mike Elko could use a pass rush.<\/p>\n Related: AP top 25 college football poll: Texas stays at No. 1 while Aggies plummet out of rankings\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n He could also use a running game, a passing game and an explanation for everything that\u2019s gone wrong. A win over an SEC team wouldn\u2019t hurt, either.\u00a0<\/p>\n In other Best in Texas news, SMU\u2019s Kevin Jennings threw four touchdown passes, including one to Missouri State<\/a>; Texas Tech\u2019s Austin Romaine turned in pick sixes on consecutive plays<\/a>; and TCU recorded 11 penalties and four turnovers in a loss to UCF, whose backup quarterback completed all but one of his passes.\u00a0<\/p>\n Herewith, the latest rankings:\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n 1. Texas<\/p>\n The Longhorns hijacked an Alabama-Tennessee tradition after their win over the\u00a0Vols, puffing cigars in the locker room. Next thing you know, they\u2019ll hijack the Sooner Schooner.<\/p>\n Last game: 20-17 win over Tennessee.<\/p>\n Next game: Oklahoma on Oct. 10 at the Cotton Bowl.\u00a0<\/p>\n 2. Texas Tech\u00a0<\/p>\n If Romaine keeps making this kind of history, I say we name a vegetable after him.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Last game: 49-14 win over Sam Houston<\/a>.<\/p>\n Next game: at Colorado.\u00a0<\/p>\n 3. Houston\u00a0<\/p>\n Conner Weigman, who started out at A&M<\/a>, accounted for six touchdowns Saturday. Think that would play in Aggieland these days?<\/p>\n Last game: 42-28 win over Georgia Southern.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n 4. SMU<\/p>\n Another win, another coach from a Texas school complaining it wasn\u2019t good enough. And it wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n Last game: 34-24 win over Missouri State<\/a>.<\/p>\n Next game: Boston College.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n 5. Texas A&M<\/p>\n Nothing like a reunion with an old\u00a0SWC chum to make things right after a rough weekend on the Bayou.<\/p>\n Last game: 35-6 loss to\u00a0LSU<\/a>.<\/p>\n 6. Baylor<\/p>\n I’m not sure how to explain this, but Dave\u00a0Aranda is now 39-38 in in his seventh season in Waco.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n