Texas Takeover: Longhorns, Mean Green, and Red Raiders Lead Week 10 Surge

Three of the four College Football Playoff contenders remaining in the Lone Star State won in Week 10. Texas Tech beat a Big 12 foe by three scores for the fifth time in six tries. North Texas played a complete game against Navy to steal the driver’s seat in the American Conference. And the Texas Longhorns returned to the national scene with a sometimes-dominant victory over Vanderbilt. The other – Texas A&M – was idle. 

Elsewhere, SMU beat a Top 10 team for the first time since the 1980s in the upset over Miami and UTSA remained perfect at home in conference games under Jeff Traylor. The other G5 programs in Texas continue to struggle as Texas State remains winless in the Sun Belt and Sam Houston still hasn’t won a game under Phil Longo.