ESPN: Sarkisian: UT may rethink non-SEC slate after '27

[TideFans Reporter]

From ESPN College Football:

Sarkisian: UT may rethink non-SEC slate after '27​

Steve Sarkisian said the Longhorns would honor the return nonconference games with Ohio State in 2026 and Michigan in 2027, but would reconsider its nonconference scheduling philosophy beyond that based on College Football Playoff selection criteria.
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[BamaNation]

... and it begins.

at which point the CFP committee will determine that scheduling tough OOC teams actually does matter and willl penalize SEC teams who back off from playing more than 1 tough OOC game. If their focus continues to be on losses and "yards gained" then everyone needs to rethink what they're doing.

If I'm SEC schools, I keep what I have and monitor what the CFP does to ensure fairness and consistency going forward. This year, it helped us that we had tough in-conference.