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Texas Tech football: Big 12 power rankings after two conference games

By Matthew Conner

MORGANTOWN, WV - SEPTEMBER 22: The Big 12 logo on the field during the game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Maryland Terrapins on September 22, 2012 at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. WVU defeated Maryland 31-21. (Photo by G Fiume/Maryland Terrapins/Getty Images)
MORGANTOWN, WV - SEPTEMBER 22: The Big 12 logo on the field during the game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Maryland Terrapins on September 22, 2012 at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. WVU defeated Maryland 31-21. (Photo by G Fiume/Maryland Terrapins/Getty Images) /
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Oct 3, 2020; Austin, TX, USA; Texas Longhorns wide receiver Jake Smith (7) reacts after he drops a pass on 3rd down against TCU Horned Frogs defense in a NCAA college football game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ricardo B. Brazziell-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 3, 2020; Austin, TX, USA; Texas Longhorns wide receiver Jake Smith (7) reacts after he drops a pass on 3rd down against TCU Horned Frogs defense in a NCAA college football game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ricardo B. Brazziell-USA TODAY Sports /

No. 5: Texas

2020 was supposed to be the year that Texas contended for a spot in the College Football Playoff.  With a senior QB and tons of returning talent, the Longhorns entered the year a top-10 team.

However, Tom Herman‘s team is just three minutes of miraculous football and Texas Tech incompetence from being 0-2 in Big 12 play.

The Horns are struggling on defense after giving up 56 points to Tech (though seven of those points came on a muffed punt) and 458 yards to TCU.  That’s not what the people in Austin had in mind when Herman dismissed last year’s defensive coordinator Todd Orlando for Chris Ash who coached with Herman at Ohio State.

This weekend’s Red River meeting with Oklahoma feels like a bit of an elimination game for these two programs.  Not only elimination from contention for the Big 12 title game but also from national relevance for this year.

Should Texas drop the game to the Sooners on Saturday, we will stop hearing talk about the Longhorns being anything but just another Big 12 disappointment.  And what will take the place of that talk will be discussions of whether or not Herman is on the hot seat.

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