{"id":68704,"date":"2025-11-28T18:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T18:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/68704\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T18:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T18:50:09","slug":"our-picks-for-texas-vs-texas-am-top-week-14-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/68704\/","title":{"rendered":"Our picks for Texas vs Texas A&#038;M, top Week 14 games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning (16) warms up ahead of of the Longhorns\u2019 game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Nov. 22, 2025.\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:3 \/ 2\" class=\"x100 y100 opc bgpc ofcv bgscv block bg-gray200 mnh0px fill\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning (16) warms up ahead of of the Longhorns\u2019 game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Nov. 22, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Sara Diggins\/Austin American-Statesman<\/p>\n<p>If it seems like the college football universe has Friday night&#8217;s Lone Star Showdown rivalry game between the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/hookem\/football\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">No. 16 Texas Longhorns<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/sports\/tamu\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">No. 3 Texas A&amp;M Aggies<\/a> squarely in its center, it&#8217;s only because of the enormity of the matchup: the Longhorns need a win to help their College Football Playoff chances and the Aggies, who appear to be a CFP lock, need a win to secure a spot in next week&#8217;s SEC championship game. Throw in the fact that there will be 100,000-plus at Royal-Memorial Stadium watching that game for the first time since 2010.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-channels-pixel.ex.co\/events\/0012000001fxZm9AAE?integrationType=DEFAULT&amp;template=design%2Farticle%2Fplatypus_two_column.tpl\" alt=\"\" class=\"x1px y1px vh abs\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>But the Longhorns and Aggies are one of a handful of rivalry matchups this Thanksgiving week. There&#8217;s also Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State, Georgia vs. Georgia Tech, Alabama vs. Auburn, Arizona vs. Arizona State and Ohio State-Michigan on the schedule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>FULL PREVIEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/sports\/college\/longhorns\/football\/article\/texas-football-texas-am-arch-manning-prediction-21204927.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">For Texas<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/sports\/college\/aggies\/article\/texas-am-aggies-longhorns-football-tamu-ut-21207121.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Texas A&amp;M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/sports\/columns\/article\/texas-vs-tamu-football-sec-cfp-longhorns-aggies-21204461.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Would a Texas win over A&amp;M be enough to earn the\u00a0Horns a CFP bid? | Golden and Bohls<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/sports\/college\/aggies\/article\/texas-am-longhorns-aggies-lone-star-showdown-sec-21205698.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Former A&amp;M players, coach recall Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s last trip to DKR \u2014 a 2010 win over Texas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how American-Statesman college beat writers Tony Catalina, Danny Davis, David Eckert, Thomas Jones and Caleb Yum and Statesman columnist Cedric Golden\u00a0are picking 15 top\u00a0matchups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>The season: 1. Golden 138-57; 2. Davis 129-66; T3. Catalina 126-69; T3. Jones 126-69; T3. Yum 126-69; 6. Eckert 113-82<\/p>\n<p>Last week: Golden 13-2, Yum 13-2, Eckert 10-5, Jones 10-5, Catalina 9-6, Davis 8-7<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Mike Sherman, head coach of Texas A&amp;M, joins players in a post-game singing of the Aggie War Hymn following the Aggies 24-17 win over Texas at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Nov. 25, 2010 in Austin. (Photo by Darren Carroll\/Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:3 \/ 2\" class=\"x100 y100 opc bgpc ofcv bgscv block bg-gray200 mnh0px fill\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mike Sherman, head coach of Texas A&amp;M, joins players in a post-game singing of the Aggie War Hymn following the Aggies 24-17 win over Texas at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Nov. 25, 2010 in Austin. (Photo by Darren Carroll\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Darren Carroll\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Week 14 games<\/p>\n<p>Friday&#8217;s games<\/p>\n<p>No. 3 Texas A&amp;M at No. 16 Texas (6:30 p.m., ABC): Texas A&amp;M \u2014 Catalina, Golden and Jones; Texas \u2014 Davis, Eckert and Yum<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>No. 7 Ole Miss at Mississippi State (11 a.m., ABC): Ole Miss \u2014 Catalina, Davis, Golden,\u00a0Jones and Yum; Miss. State \u2014 Eckert<\/p>\n<p>No. 4 Georgia at No. 23 Georgia Tech (2:30 p.m., ABC): Georgia \u2014 Davis, Golden, Eckert, Jones and Yum; Georgia Tech \u2014 Catalina<\/p>\n<p>No. 25 Arizona at No. 20 Arizona State (8 p.m., Fox): Arizona \u2014 Davis, Golden, Eckert and Yum; Arizona State \u2014 Catalina, Jones<\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s games\n<\/p>\n<p>LSU at No. 8 Oklahoma (2:30 p.m., ABC): LSU \u2014 Davis; Oklahoma \u2014 Catalina, Golden,\u00a0Eckert, Jones and Yum<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>No. 10 Alabama at Auburn (6:30 p.m., ABC): Alabama \u2014 Catalina, Davis, Golden, Eckert, Jones and Yum; Auburn \u2014 None<\/p>\n<p>No. 1 Ohio State at No. 15 Michigan (11 a.m., Fox): Ohio State \u2014 Catalina, Davis, Golden, Eckert, Jones and Yum; Michigan\u00a0\u2014 None<\/p>\n<p>No. 6 Oregon at Washington (2:30 p.m., CBS): Oregon\u00a0\u2014 Catalina, Davis, Golden, Eckert, Jones and Yum; Washington\u00a0\u2014 None<\/p>\n<p>No. 12 Miami at No. 22 Pittsburgh (11 a.m., ABC): Miami \u2014 Catalina, Davis, Eckert; Pitt \u2014 Golden,\u00a0Jones and Yum<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>No. 14 Vanderbilt at No. 19 Tennessee (2:30 p.m., ESPN): Vanderbilt\u00a0\u2014 None; Tennessee\u00a0\u2014 Catalina, Davis, Golden, Eckert, Jones and Yum<\/p>\n<p>Clemson at South Carolina (11 a.m., SEC Network): Clemson \u2014 Davis, Eckert; South Carolina\u00a0 \u2014 Catalina, Golden, Jones and Yum<\/p>\n<p>Houston at Baylor (11 a.m., TNT\/HBO Max): Houston \u2014 Catalina, Jones and Yum;\u00a0Baylor \u2014 Davis, Golden and Eckert<\/p>\n<p>Missouri at Arkansas (2:30 p.m., SEC Network): Missouri \u2014 Catalina, Davis, Golden and Yum; Arkansas \u2014 Eckert, Jones<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>Florida State at Florida (3:30 p.m., ESPN2): Florida State \u2014 Davis, Yum; Florida \u2014\u00a0Catalina, Golden,\u00a0Eckert and\u00a0Jones<\/p>\n<p>South Alabama at Texas State (2 p.m., ESPN+): South Alabama \u2014 Davis; Texas State \u2014 Catalina, Golden,\u00a0Eckert, Jones and Yum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning (16) warms up ahead of of the Longhorns\u2019 game against the Arkansas Razorbacks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[265,261,33514,28230,3232,266,27,14539,19650,29,537,536,28],"class_list":["post-68704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-cfp","tag-college-football","tag-lone-star-showdown","tag-sec-championship-game","tag-sec-conference-football","tag-sec-football","tag-texas","tag-texas-a-m-aggies","tag-texas-a-m-aggies-football","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-texas-longhorns-football","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}