Following last weekend’s 34-27 win over the then-No. 13 Kansas State Wildcats, the Texas Longhorns moved from No. 24 to No. 18 in the second week of the College Football Playoff rankings released on Tuesday.
The victory over the Wildcats also moved the Longhorns back in the AP Top 25, also at No. 18, and into the Coaches Poll at No. 18. So in a rare development, all three rankings slot Texas in the exact same spot this week.
The loss in Manhattan dropped Kansas State down to No. 19, the only other Big 12 program currently ranked by the playoff committee other than TCU, which moved up from No.