DALLAS — Here are five thoughts from Texas’ 23-6 win against No. 6 Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry game Saturday at the Cotton Bowl.

The stakes

Texas remains in the hunt.

The Longhorns aren’t out of it, at least, now with a 4-2 record two games into Southeastern Conference play. Their loss to a disheveled Florida program last week flung their College Football Playoff hopes into crisis mode. Their win Saturday versus the nation’s sixth-ranked team certainly holds their window into the conference title game open and could potentially elevate them back into the AP Top 25 poll.

Texas has now won three of the four last games against Oklahoma. Saturday’s win marked its first instance of back-to-back wins in the series since 2008-09. The Sooners had separate two-game, three-game and four-ga

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