AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Longhorns are working on a home-and-home football series with national title runner-up Georgia in the next decade as well as another high-profile opponent, a source with knowledge of the situation told Horns247.

Currently, Texas has marquee non-conference opponents lined up through 2027. The source said a home-and-home with Georgia would be after that — most likely 2028 and 2029.

Texas has also been in talks with Clemson and Penn State about a possible home-and-home series in 2030 and 2031, said the source, adding that a series with Penn State might be more likely for 2030 and 2031.

Texas is 3-1 against Georgia but the two teams haven't played since the Longhorns suffered a painful, 10-9 loss to the Bulldogs in the 1984 Cotton Bowl, which knocked UT out of contention for the 1983 national title.

The Longhorns' attempt to put Georgia on a future schedule comes after UGA coach Kirby Smart led the Bulldogs to the final of the College Football Playoff last season, losing a heartbreaker in overtime to Alabama after holding a 13-point lead. In the offseason, Smart, who is beginning his third year in Athens, got a new seven-year, $49 million contract.

Texas officials have had discussions with Clemson, an opponent the Longhorns have never faced, about a possible home-and-home in 2030 and 2031, the source said. But UT might be closer to a deal to play home-and-home with Penn State in 2030 and 2031, the source said.

The Longhorns have met Penn State five times with the Nittany Lions holding a 3-2 edge in the series. Texas' last meeting with Penn State came in the 1997 Fiesta Bowl, a 38-15 victory by PSU.

In 1990, Texas went to Happy Valley and pulled off a 17-13 upset of Joe Paterno's team, helping catapult the Longhorns to a 10-1 regular season that became known as UT's "Shock The World Tour."

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Under current coach James Franklin, who is starting his fifth season at PSU, the Nittany Lions are coming off back-to-back 11-win seasons.

Texas currently has non-conference games scheduled with USC this season; LSU in 2019 (Austin) and 2020 (Baton Rouge); at Arkansas in 2021; Alabama in 2022 (Austin) and 2023 (Tuscaloosa); at Michigan in 2024; Ohio State in 2025 (Austin) and 2026 (Columbus); and home against Michigan in 2027.

Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte said he called Texas A&M about the possibility of resuming the Longhorns' 100-year rivalry with the Aggies in 2022 and 2023 before ultimately scheduling a home-and-home series with Alabama. But the Aggies already had games scheduled against the Miami Hurricanes in 2022 and 2023.

Texas coach Tom Herman has said the Longhorns and Aggies should start playing each other as a marquee non-conference game in September. But A&M has marquee non-conference games scheduled through 2027 (Clemson 2018-19; Colorado 2020-21; Miami 2022-23; Notre Dame 2024-25; Arizona State 2026-27). So, if Texas and A&M are going to put each other back on the schedule, it looks like it will be a while.