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After a slew of bowl games that brought us some of the highs and lows of college football, we’ve reached the College Football Playoff. The #3 Texas Longhorns collide with the #2 Washington Huskies as the teams meet in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff in the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans Monday night. Texas earned their spot here by routing #18 Oklahoma State 49-21 in the Big 12 championship game on December 2, covering the line as a 14.5-point favorite. Washington downed #5 Oregon for the second time this season, prevailing 34-31 in the Pac-12 championship game December 1, winning outright as a 9.5-point underdog. In the all-time series between the programs, the Longhorns own a 3-2 advantage though it was the Huskies prevailing 27-20 in the most recent meeting, which came in the Valero Alamo Bowl on December 29, 2022.
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Texas shrugged off a loss in the Red River Rivalry to #12 Oklahoma as they won their final seven games, capped by a rout of #18 Oklahoma State in the Big 12 title game, to earn a spot in the CFP. The Longhorns enter this game 12-1 overall and they were 8-1 in their final season in the conference as they transition to the SEC next year. Against Oklahoma State, Texas jumped in front 14-0 less than seven minutes into the game and led the rest of the way. The Longhorns were up 21-7 after the opening quarter, 35-14 at the half and 42-14 after three quarters en route to the victory. Texas piled up a 662-281 advantage in total offense, rolled up a 33-13 edge in first downs, dominated time of possession by a 40:06 to 19:54 margin and forced two turnovers while committing only one in the game.
On the year, the Longhorns are 18th in the nation in passing offense as they average 286.8 yards per game through the air while they are 24th in rushing offense by racking up 189.1 yards per contest on the ground. Texas is 16th in the FBS in scoring offense as they average 36.2 points per game while they are 12th in scoring defense by allowing 17.5 points a contest. Quinn Ewers is 248 of 351 passing for 3,161 yards with 21 touchdowns and six interceptions while adding 21 yards and five scores on the ground this season. Maalik Murphy (40 of 71, 477 yards, three TD, three INT) and Arch Manning (two of five, 30 yards) were next up on the depth chart. Jonathon Brooks leads the team on the ground with 187 carries for 1,139 yards with 10 touchdowns on the season. CJ Baxter (129 carries, 595 yards, four TD) and Jaydon Blue (56 carries, 339 yards, two TD) are also effective in their opportunities. Xavier Worthy leads the team with 73 receptions for 969 yards and five touchdowns this season. Adonai Mitchell (51 receptions, 813 yards, 10 TD), Ja’Tavion San ders (39 catches, 607 yards, two TD), Jordan Whittington (38 grabs, 435 yards, TD) and Brooks (25 receptions, 286 yards, TD) are all over 200 receiving yards this season. Bert Auburn has hit all 52 extra point attempts and 28 of 34 on field goal attempts with a long of 54 this season.
Murphy entered the transfer portal so Manning is the backup quarterback at this point in time. Brooks (knee) was lost for the year mid-November, pushing Baxter and Blue up on the depth chart. Worthy (leg), starting corner Ryan Watts (undisclosed) and corner Austin Jordan (undisclosed) are all questionable for this contest so watch for updates.
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