Despite its No. 5 seed, Texas has the best chance to win the College Football Playoff National Championship, according to bookmakers.

The Texas Longhorns are currently preparing for a quarterfinal matchup against the Arizona State Sun Devils in the first-ever, 12-team College Football Playoff. Texas established itself as a true national title contender throughout the 2024 college football season, heading into the CFP as the No. 5 seed.

According to College Football 25, Texas will defeat Arizona State 36-8 and advance to the College Football Playoff Semi-Finals. At first, both teams looked sluggish, but Texas dominated halfway through the second quarter. The Team scored 36 unanswered points in the final three quarters to decimate ASU and advance to the next round.

ESPN analyst Booger McFarland weighed in on Clemson’s 38-24 loss to Texas in the College Football Playoff, focusing on the Tigers’ inability to stop the Longhorns’ rushing attack and their struggles to establish their own ground game.

The eyes of Texas are upon Steve Sarkisian, Quinn Ewers and the Longhorns as the first 12-team College Football Playoff is set to begin. The 5-seed Longhorns will take on Dabo Swinney’s Clemson Tigers on Saturday in the first-round matchup, the game being played in Austin at the home of the higher-seed Texas.

Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian met with the media Monday ahead of the first round of the College Football Playoff and revealed that at lea

Texas is moving on to the second round of the College Football Playoff after the (5) Longhorns outlasted (12) Clemson 38-24. The win sets up a quarterfinal matchup against (4) Arizona State in the Peach Bowl on Jan.