Within the past two weeks, Texas football had one of it biggest letdown from any level of its defense since the beginning of the era under head coach Tom Herman. That slide will allow for the team to slip pretty far in the rankings and come close to elimination from a spot in the Big 12 Title Game.
And, the defense for Texas football had its worst stretch of two weeks under the direction of second-year defensive coordinator Todd Orlando in the losses to the West Virginia Mountaineers and Oklahoma State Cowboys. That talented secondary for the Texas Longhorns allowed more than 600 passing yards and eight total touchdowns to the last two quarterbacks it faced.