Texas entered this season as the favorite to win the SEC championship, but those title hopes were nearly undone against a team that was picked to finish second-to-last in the preseason poll.

Giving each position group a letter grade for the Texas Longhorns after their game against the Kentucky Wildcats.

For most of Saturday night, Kentucky football outplayed the preseason No. 1-ranked team. But the result ended just as the past 10 SEC games have for the Wildcats, with a loss. Kentucky used a dramatic late drive to force overtime with Texas, but the Wildcats were unable to score in the extra period.

Mason Shipley kicked a 45-yard field goal in OT and Texas beat Kentucky 16-13, despite a sub-par outing from Arch Manning and the Longhorns defense.

F or the first time ever, the No. 21 Texas Longhorns are in Lexington playing the Kentucky Wildcats trying to keep the team’s College Football Playoff hopes alive in a tough environment against a team that has lost three straight SEC games to open the season.

Despite outgaining Texas and dominating time of possession, Kentucky’s offensive struggles in the red zone proved costly in a 16-13 overtime loss at Kroger Field.

Texas looked hapless on offense until the very end, nearly blowing a sure thing in overtime after needing just a field goal to win the game in the extra period. The passing game was out of sync, and the run game was something even worse than failure-to-launch.

Analyzing whether the four fumbles recovered by the Wildcats were a result of bad fumble luck or bad recovery technique by the Horns.