The Kentucky Wildcats might just beat the Texas Longhorns in Week 13

The Texas Longhorns have only suffered one loss so far this season. The Georgia Bulldogs stormed into DKR Stadium and upset the then-higher-ranked Horns in Week 8, handing Texas its first loss in the SEC. However, Texas has righted its ship and most recently blew past the Florida Gators.

On the other hand, fought no. 3 Georgia vs. No. 16 Ole Miss and ended up losing to the Rebels, who suffered their second loss of the year. Already this year, Georgia lost to Alabama and struggled against Kentucky as well as lackluster Mississippi State.

So, with Texas seemingly back on track and Georgia slightly off track, are the Longhorns ready to kiss through the rest of their season? Not quite.

In mathematics, there is a theory called the “transitive property of equality.” Basically, if A is equal to B and B is equal to C, then A must also be equal to C.

With the loss to Georgia, Texas already lost some credit as one of the best teams in the nation. Not to mention, Georgia has now lost to Alabama and Ole Miss. And just over a month ago, the Ole Miss Rebels lost to the Kentucky Wildcats, who are still on Texas’ remaining schedule.

If you applied the transitive property of equality to the SEC (yeah, I know, combining football and math is a faux pas, but stick with me), then technically Texas should be pretty worried about its game against the Wildcats.

Texas hosts Kentucky on Nov. 23, and the Wildcats are not a team to scoff at. Kentucky kept pace with Georgia, beat Ole Miss and had their good moments against Tennessee. The Wildcats have a solid defensive unit and head coach Mark Stoops is a brilliant play caller and clock manager.

Kentucky’s ability to slow down the game and possibly get to Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers could pose a bigger problem for the Longhorns: their second loss of the year.

All of this being said, a two-loss SEC team will most likely find its way to the College Football Playoffs. Georgia, Alabama, Ole Miss, Missouri and Texas A&M all already have two losses. Texas and Tennessee each have one loss, but still need to get through three games that aren’t cakewalks.

Alabama beat LSU on Saturday, so the Tigers are almost certainly out of the playoff picture, but what would happen if all these teams finished 10-2 overall? Without divisions in the conference, it’s not entirely clear which teams would stand out above the rest.

Texas and Kentucky are scheduled to kick off from Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on November 23rd, it will either be an afternoon game or a primetime game because it is listed as a “FLEX” game.