Texas added a major commitment from one of the top available players in the country as five-star athlete Michael Terry III committed to the Longhorns on National Signing Day. Terry, a member of the Class of 2025 at Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio,

Phillips, ranked the No. 23 player in the Class of 2025, is a native of Texas, and had initially committed to the Longhorns back on July 6th. However, he flipped to the Tigers just one month later, and had been pledged to LSU until re-committing to the Longhorns on Tuesday, just one day before the early signing period.

The rankings don't match the seedings because of the way the College Football Playoffs work. The five highest-ranked conference champions are automatically in the College Football Playoff. The seven highest-ranked teams remaining will fill out the bracket of 12.

The Longhorns beat Texas A&M 17-7 and finished its first SEC regular season atop the league in overall record (11-1) and conference record (7-1).

Despite an earth-shattering rivalry loss at home to unranked Michigan, Ohio State remained in the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings, along with fellow Big Ten programs Oregon, Penn State,