Power ranking the SEC after week 12: Georgia jumps, Texas A&M eyes big finish

Power ranking the SEC after week 12: #8 - Texas

This is not the number three team in the country. Texas surrendered a 47% success rate to Arkansas while managing only 40% themselves on the road. Three of the Longhorns’ last four games have been their three worst of the year, with the home game against Florida’s third-stringer being the lone outlier.

That’s what I mean when I say this is a team trending in the wrong direction. Looking at all of the data laid out in front of you, there’s a clear trend with things over the last few weeks.

Texas has had the benefit of the easiest schedule in the SEC, but they’re still beginning to sink nonetheless. What was supposed to be the best offensive line in the nation looks incapable of moving any competent DL off of the ball and has struggled in protecting a quarterback who continues to make questionable decisions.

It’s lucky for the Longhorns that their defense has been playing so well on paper, but there are warning alarms blaring there as well. They’ve been opportunistic so far this year, but allowing these high success rates—both UF and Arkansas notched 47%—will bite you at some point. 

SEC teams this year that have allowed more than a 46% success in a game average allowing 30 points to opponents; Texas has allowed 17 and 10 in those games. They’re skating by right now, in other words, but that can’t last.