The Longhorns seem destined to sweat out the College Football Playoff selection process barring a 3-0 finish to the season.

The game will be played at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. Listen live to Texas vs. Vanderbilt on SiriusXM via both channel 84 (Texas broadcast) and channel 82 (Vanderbilt broadcast).

The expanded College Football Playoff has only been around for a year, but strength of schedule and quality wins are two primary factors in the selection process and Texas coach Steve Sarkisian believes that's going to come into play for various SEC hopefuls in the coming weeks.

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On Sunday's SportsCenter, Paul Finebaum was asked to weigh in on whether Texas will make the College Football Playoff.

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Texas’ remaining schedule is among the toughest any postseason hopeful will face with games against No. 5 Georgia and No. 3 Texas A&M.