The Longhorns defense will face its toughest challenge of the year in Georgia quarterback Carson Beck's passing game.

Top-ranked Texas and No. 5 Georgia meet for the first time as SEC members, with both top-10 schools looking to boost their conference standing as the initial rankings for the 12-team College Football Playoff draw near next month.

A four-point spread can be tricky, especially with Georgia’s offense averaging almost 34 points per game. The Bulldogs are likely the toughest offense Texas will face, especially since this is only the latter’s third conference game and Oklahoma was working in a freshman quarterback (Michael Hawkins Jr.) last week.

The SEC has a pair of eye-catching matchups with Georgia at Texas and Alabama at Tennessee. Which teams will get signature wins?

It’s still shocking to look at the SEC standings and see Texas at the top. The former Big 12 school is passing the test with flying colors in their first season in the division. Another positive of the realignment is matchups that we don’t normally see,

Georgia’s football game at Texas has been circled on the calendar since the date was announced last December. Fans and media outlets, alike, pointed to the 7:30 p.m. Saturday showdown at DKR Texas Memorial Stadium as a top match up five months ago — and College GameDay validated the early hype last week,