Texas is slotted behind 12 other teams in the most-recent College Football Playoff Rankings , but the No. 13 Longhorns can make an eye-opening claim that no one ahead of them -- or behind them -- can match.

With victories over No. 8 Oklahoma and No. 7 Texas A&M , Texas entered conference championship weekend as the only squad with two wins over teams expected to make the CFP.

Throw in a win over No. 14 Vanderbilt and the Longhorns have three wins over top-15 foes, which gives Texas a trio of victories unmatched by anyone else in the sport. No wonder Texas coach Steve Sarkisian is banging the drum on why the Longhorns deserve to be in the CFP.

He has a point.

Detractors are quick to point out Texas' three losses, including an unseemly road defeat against Florida . But the o

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