Steve Sarkisian Disputes That Texas Has Underachieved. Can It Still Make CFP?

If you're a Texas fan, don't tell Steve Sarkisian that you feel the Longhorns have underachieved this season. 

The Texas head coach disagreed with the notion that his 7-3 Longhorns squad has underachieved this season when he was asked why that's the case this season at his press conference on Monday.

"According to who?" Sarkisian said. 

As the reporter mentioned that Texas was voted No. 1 in the preseason AP Poll, Sarkisian strongly defended his players. 

"I guess that is into whoever voted us No. 1," Sarkisian replied. "What I think is that his team has competed their tail off. They’ve been faced with a lot of different adversity and injuries, and a lot of stuff has come across this team’s plate. And I’m very, very proud of them with their resiliency. 

"At the end of the day, at the University of Texas, we’re held to a very high standard, and the standard is to compete for championships year in and year out. We’re going to play the best teams in the country. We’re going to schedule the best teams in the country. But, by the end of the season, of our 12 regular season opponents, five of those teams will be top-10 teams when we played them, so nearly half our schedule."

Texas certainly hasn't had an ideal year for a team that had championship aspirations. It was blown out by Georgia on Saturday, 35-10, in a game that was viewed as a potential must-win in order to keep Texas' playoff hopes alive. 

However, some also believe that Texas could possibly play itself into the CFP if it is able to take down Texas A&M in its regular-season finale. Sarkisian seems to think that should be the case, too. 

"We have an opportunity at the end of the regular season to do something that nobody’s done since 2019 and that’s beat three