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Does TCU or Baylor need a win more? Is SMU an ACC contender?

Oct 17, 2025, 2:23 PM

Both TCU and Baylor need a win to keep Big 12 hopes alive, but which program can't afford to lose in Week 8? Plus, SMU's trip to Clemson and North Texas hopes to break losing streak to UTSA.

Does TCU or Baylor need a win more? Is SMU an ACC contender?

Twelve of the 13 FBS teams in Texas are in action in Week 8 of the college football season with Rice the lone program on an idle week.

Texas and Texas A&M are on the road as heavy favorites in the SEC. Texas Tech heads to Tempe to face defending Big 12 champion Arizona State. The action in the Lone Star State began on Wednesday in a showdown between UTEP and Sam Houston. 

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