- Longhorns close regular season 12-1 as they thrash Cowboys at AT&T Stadium
- Texas fans will be cheering for Louisville and Georgia for the rest of the day
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Texas made its Big 12 Championship victory look easy with a 49-21 win over Oklahoma State Saturday from AT&T Stadium.
The No. 7 Longhorns led the entire game and dug too deep a hole for the Cowboys early in the second quarter with a 28-7 lead.
The conference championship victory comes a day after a dead Longhorn was found in an Oklahoma State fraternity house.
Texas got the win Saturday at No. 7 in the College Football Playoff rankings and needed a win to have a shot at a national championship this season. It made for the biggest step.
Now the Longhorns must wait for other results to know their fate after the season.
Texas made its 49-21 Big 12 Championship victory over Oklahoma State look easy on Saturday
Texas' Quinn Ewers looked solid all game, throwing for 452 yards and four touchdowns
No. 3 Washington's loss to No. 5 Oregon in the Pac-12 Championship on Friday eliminated one team from Texas' path to the four-team CFP.
No. 1 Georgia will play No. 8 Alabama in the SEC championship on Saturday afternoon.
A Bulldog win would eliminate any possibility of the Longhorns being jumped for a playoff spot, even with their win over the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa earlier this season.
All Texas fans will be cheering on Saturday night for Louisville, which plays No. 4 Florida State. It would be hard to deny an undefeated Power Five Conference champion a CFP spot.
No. 6 Ohio State has its regular season ended by failing to qualify for the Big Ten Championship and the Buckeyes are susceptible to a jump in the rankings because they are not conference champions.