The No. 5 seed Texas Longhorns are back in Atlanta and hope for a better result than the last trip for the SEC Championship game, taking on the No. 4 seed Arizona State Sun Devils in the quarterfinals of the College Football Playoff at the Peach Bowl. The Sun Devils were not expected to be anywhere near the CFP — they were picked last in the Big 12 Preseason Poll and dropped their first conference game to the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
After winning six of their last seven conference games to make the Big 12 Championship game and dominating Iowa State in that matchup, Arizona State is happy to be in the CFP, but not content to just be a part of it.