Texas likely earns 2025 CFP spot under 24-team expansion
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Oct 15, 2026, 9:14 PM
Last updated Oct 15, 2026
If the College Football Playoff had expanded to 24 teams in 2025, Texas would have secured a spot. The Longhorns missed the 12-team playoff by only two positions after finishing the season with three losses. They faced losses to Ohio State, Florida, and Georgia, with one of the defeats coming in a non-conference game. The proposed expansion could have significantly altered the playoff, as projections indicated Texas would have entered as the No. 13 seed and faced Tulane in the first round of the tournament.
- •Texas missed the CFP in 2025 due to three losses.
- •Ohio State was among teams Texas lost to in non-conference play.
- •Projected 2025 CFP format would include 24 teams, with eight receiving byes.
- •Texas would likely have faced Tulane in the first round.
- •Texas entered this year likely as the No. 7 seed.
- 9:14 PMYahoo Sports — Would Texas have made CFP last year if it was expanded to 24 teams?
"With rumors swirling the College Football Playoff will expand to 24 teams, its interesting to look back at 2025 to see if Texas would have made it.
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