Plus: Texas WBB beats Maryland
Not even 24 hours since the last snap of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff’s texas-qb-quinn-ewers-comes-full-circle/” title=”With Cotton Bowl matchup against Ohio State, the career of Texas QB Quinn Ewers comes full circle”>championship game, the Texas Longhorns hype ahead of the 2025 season has already begun. That includes several eyebrow-raising rankings, albeit way too early ones, that have Texas ranked at, or near, the top of most predictions. That includes On3, which has Texas ranked No. 1 — ahead of reigning national champions Ohio State and Big Ten rivals Oregon and Penn State. Meanwhile, CBS Sports and the Sports Network has Texas ranked No. 1. And Athlon Sports has Texas ranked No. 2, behind Ohio State, but ahead of Georgia and Notre Dame.
Let the fun begin, Texas fans.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS
Austin American-Statesman: Matthew Golden or Andrew Mukuba? Rating Texas football transfers for 2024
Austin American-Statesman: Gunnar Helm draft profile: NFL scouting report for Texas football TE
Dallas Morning News: Final college football rankings (Jan. 21): Texas ends year at No. 4; SMU rises to No. 12
247Sports: Texas opens as slight underdog on road at Ohio State to open 2025 season
Inside Texas: Looking ahead to the Texas vs. Ohio State rematch in the fall
Inside Texas: The offseason begins: 221 days until Texas football
ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION
Former Texas TE Amari Niblack commits to Texas A&M
Texas opens with second-best odds to win 2026 national championship game
Former Texas football star Michael Huff joins College Football Hall of Fame
RECRUITING ROUNDUP
247Sports: Top247 OL Zaden Krempin planning spring visits, has two official visits locked in
247Sports: North Shore Top247 defensive back Chace Calicut scheduled to be at Texas Junior Day
247Sports: A refresher on Chris Stewart, Texas’ lone WR commit in 2026
SEC SHOWDOWN
Austin American-Statesman: Will Texas basketball still play Missouri despite winter weather?
Dallas Morning News: Way-too-early college football rankings for 2025: Where do Texas, SMU and A&M land?
Good Bull Hunting: Houston transfer WR Jonah Wilson commits to Texas A&M
Rock M Nation: Defense position group confidence levels for 2025
Red Cup Rebellion: Ole Miss claims highest AP ranking in over a decade at No. 16
Rocky Top Talk: Tennessee Vols finish in top 10 of final AP poll
A Sea Of Blue: Where will Caleb Wilson land?
WHAT WE’RE READING
SB Nation: 6 instant takeaways from Ohio State’s National Championship victory over Notre Dame
SB Nation: 5 moves to fix the American sports calendar
SB Nation: It is okay to say this Detroit Lions season was a failure, and no apology is necessary
NEWS ACROSS LONGHORN NATION AND BEYOND
- Texas women’s basketball beat Maryland last night the Coretta Scott King Classic.
second ranked win of the season by 38+ points #HookEm pic.twitter.com/5DChTVyguf
— Texas Women’s Basketball (@TexasWBB) January 21, 2025
