We’ve passed the halfway point of the college football regular season, which means it’s time for things to get tense. The implications of each game are heightened, as a loss in the latter half of the season might create too large of a mountain for a team to overcome with just a few games remaining.
Plenty of teams are desperate for wins, but these three might need wins the most — for a variety of reasons.
3 top 25 teams under the most pressure this weekend
Texas Longhorns
Losing to Georgia is fine — most teams do it, honestly. Even losing to Georgia by two touchdowns isn’t the end of the world for Texas, as long as it can rebound this weekend against Vanderbilt. That’s part of the problem, though, as Vanderbilt is playing with house money at the moment.
The Commodores are ranked in the top 25 for the first time in over a decade and have already surpassed even the loftiest expectations for this season, so there’s virtually zero pressure on Vandy even in this top 25 matchup…