Can we have a mulligan? After many of our preseason college football picks went wrong, let's try it again at midseason.

Clemson. Penn State. Bill Belichick. Arch Manning. All are among the biggest disappointments of the first half of the college football season.

Which undefeated college football team will lose first? originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. A total of 11 FBS schools maintained unbeaten records through the first half of the regular season. Four of those teams are underdogs in Week 8.

That's the circumstance No. 21 Texas football faces this week. Reclaiming a place in the AP Top 25 with an emotional rivalry victory over Oklahoma, the Longhorns will now encounter a scuffling Kentucky team that hasn't played since Oct. 4. The trap, contrived by the SEC's scheduling algorithm, is set. How can the Longhorns avoid it?

Outlook the rest of the way: It's the SEC, so Texas still has plenty of time to stack some quality wins. As with other two-loss teams, though, the 'Horns are skating on thin ice. There will be a glut of 10-2 teams by season's end, so that means it will be virtually impossible for any programs beyond that bar to make the cut for a 12-team playoff.

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Arch Manning and Texas finally figured some things out on Saturday afternoon and picked up their first Power 4 win of the season.

Michigan running back Justice Haynes was one of nine players from the Big Ten who made the AP midseason All-America team.

The Big 12 has a couple of interesting rivalry games this week. No. 23 Utah plays at instate rival No. 15 BYU.

The No. 7 Texas Tech Red Raiders were punished for their fans participating in a longstanding tradition of throwing tortillas.