He Texas Longhorns are in their second bye week of the regular season on Saturday before returning to SEC play against the florida crocodiles on November 9.

Texas (7-1, 3-1) held off then-No. 25 Vanderbilt in a 27-24 victory last week for a bounce-back victory after falling to the Georgia Bulldogs at home on Oct. 19. Even with the win, the Longhorns fell one spot to No. 6 in the AP Poll.

Yet, DraftKings It still has Texas as a heavy home favorite against Florida for the first matchup between the two teams as SEC foes, as the sportsbook currently has the Longhorns as 17-point favorites over the Gators.

Texas leads the all-time series 2-0-1, although the last meeting between the programs took place in 1940 when the Longhorns beat Florida in Gainesville, 26-0.

This season, the Gators (4-3, 2-2) have struggled, but have found some momentum with true freshman quarterback DJ Lagway. Florida is coming off a convincing 48-20 win over the Kentucky Wildcats two weeks ago. The Gators will visit No. 2 Georgia on Saturday as 14.5-point road underdogs.

Lagway, a native of Willis, Texas, will return to his home state to face the Longhorns in Austin. Lagway, a five-star quarterback recruit in the class of 2024, remained loyal to head coach Billy Napier and the Gators. He is the starter for the remainder of the season after Graham Mertz suffered a torn ACL in a loss to the Tennessee Volunteers on October 12.

This season, Lagway has completed 54 of 86 passes for 1,024 yards, five touchdowns and five interceptions.

Texas and Florida will kick off from Austin at 11 a.m. CT on ABC.

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