College football Week 12 straight-up picks
Before The Snap’s Week 12 picks include Clemson-Louisville, Oklahoma-Alabama, Iowa-USC, Utah-Baylor and Texas-Georgia.
As the 2025 college football regular season enters its final weeks, two of the best teams in arguably the best conference in the sport will square off.
Between the famed hedges of Sanford Stadium, No. 5 Georgia will host No. 10 Texas in a game with significant SEC championship and College Football Playoff ramifications.
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It will be the third matchup between the Bulldogs and Longhorns in the past 13 months, with Georgia winning each of the previous two — a 30-15 victory in October 2024 and a thrilling 22-19 overtime win in the SEC championship game in Atlanta last December.
Since an underwhelming 3-2 start to the season, Texas has reeled off four consecutive wins to get back into the top 10 of the US LBM Coaches Poll. Perhaps most encouragingly, quarterback Arch Manning has started to look the part of a former No. 1 overall recruit, throwing for 674 yards, six touchdowns and just one interception in his past two games.
The Longhorns will face a slightly more daunting challenge against Georgia, which has won its past five games since a Sept. 27 loss to Alabama. Quarterback Gunner Stockton has impressed in his first season as a starter, with 2,040 passing yards, 15 touchdowns and just two interceptions, along with 321 rushing yards and seven scores.
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After a 59-yard kickoff return from Ryan Niblett is wiped out by a holding penalty, Texas gets a 40-yard completion from Arch Manning to Emmett Mosley V.
From there, though, the Longhorns are unable to get any farther up the field, with three Manning passes in a row falling incomplete. Texas punts, with Georgia taking over at its own 13-yard line.
Two drives and two touchdowns for Georgia — from the same two people, no less.
The Bulldogs again have little, if any, trouble moving the ball up the field, going 66 yards in eight plays, with a 30-yard catch from Zachariah Branch getting them inside the Texas 10-yard line. On a third-and-goal from the 4, Gunner Stockton fires a bullet near the pylon to Noah Thomas for the second touchdown of the night from the quarterback-wideout duo.
With the ensuing extra point, Georgia’s up 14-3 with 12:49 left in the first half. Stockton is nearly perfect, having completed 10 of his 11 passes for 103 yards and two touchdowns.
Georgia will take a 7-3 lead into the second quarter. The Bulldogs are threatening to score again, with a first-and-10 at the Texas 38-yard line.
The Longhorns’ second drive doesn’t go quite as well as its first, with the Arch Manning-led offense going three-and-out after failing to convert on a third-and-2 from their own 33-yard line.
A 40-yard punt gives the Bulldogs the ball at their own 34.
Georgia answers Texas’ field goal with something even better. The Bulldogs go 75 yards in nine plays, capped off by a 17-yard Gunner Stockton touchdown pass to Noah Thomas that, after the extra point, puts Georgia ahead 7-3 with 4:12 left in the first quarter.
Stockton’s touchdown pass came two plays after he found Dillon Bell for an 11-yard completion on a third-and-10 from the Texas 29-yard line.
Texas’ offense looks effective and poised on its first drive of the game, going 59 yards in 13 plays. Though the Longhorns are unable to make their way into the end zone, they get a 33-yard Mason Shipley field goal to take a 3-0 lead six minutes into the first quarter.
Pregame
Texas didn’t make the trip to Athens alone. Actor Matthew McConaughey, the Longhorns’ Minister of Culture (yes, that’s the official job title), is at Sanford Stadium to watch his beloved team try to take down Georgia.
Unlike their opponent Saturday, the Longhorns have a clean bill of health, with no players listed on the SEC athlete availability report.
Here’s a look at the Georgia players who will be out for the Bulldogs’ game against Texas, according to the SEC athlete availability report:
- WR Colbie Young
- TE Ethan Barbour
- WR Talyn Taylor
- DB Kyron Jones
- DL Jordan Hall
What TV channel is Texas vs Georgia on today?
Texas-Georgia will air live on ESPN, with streaming options available on Fubo, which offers a free trial to potential subscribers.
Texas vs Georgia start time today
- Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
- Date: Saturday, Nov. 15
- Location: Sanford Stadium (Athens, Georgia)
Texas vs Georgia predictions, picks, odds
Odds courtesy of BetMGM as of Friday, Nov. 14.
- Spread: Georgia (-6.5)
- Over/under: 49.5
- Moneyline: Georgia -250 | Texas +200
Prediction: Texas 27, Georgia 26
This game will be the biggest test of whether Manning truly has turned a corner in what had previously been a disappointing season. Against a Georgia defense that has given up a fair amount of points the past few games, he’ll earn a signature win and get Texas that much closer to their playoff dreams.
