This is the only game this week matching Top 25 teams from Power Five leagues. With the Longhorns already favored to win the Big 12 title in their farewell season, a road win for coach Steve Sarkisian over his former boss Nick Saban and the Tide would certainly ignite talk about the College Football Playoff. Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers got off to a hot start against the Crimson Tide last season.
I think it's going to be a really good game. The last one sure was, if not exactly a thing of beauty. A penalty-plagued Alabama won last year in Austin 20-19 on Will Reichard's field goal with 10 seconds left, vaulting the Longhorns into the Top 25 even in defeat.