My prediction for the 2026 Texas Longhorns football schedule is as follows:

 

September 5th - vs Texas State

September 12th - vs Ohio State

September 19th - vs UTSA

September 26th - another home non-con game, maybe Rice or UNT

October 3rd - @ Mississippi

October 10th - Oklahoma in Dallas

October 17th - @ Missouri

October 24th - Bye Week

October 31st - vs Tennessee

November 7th - @ Arkansas

November 14th - @ LSU

November 21st - vs South Carolina

November 27th - @ Texas A&M

 

I feel pretty good about most of this.  Because of when the 2026 season starts, most teams will only have one bye week in the regular season.  Curious to see what y'all think the 2026 schedule could look like?

 

 

They will only have three SEC road games if it's an eight game schedule. The OU game will be designated as a road game because it's home for Texas this season.

That means if the teams are close to your prediction, the true road games would almost have to include Arkansas and A&M. I'd throw Ole Miss in as the other road game. Sec could make Arkansas come to Austin two years in a row so they could have Arch play in Baton Rouge, but they'd squawk about it. 

10 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

They will only have three SEC road games if it's an eight game schedule. The OU game will be designated as a road game because it's home for Texas this season.

Did not know that.  I guess they would take Arkansas off the schedule and add a home game against Auburn.  Make Missouri a home game too.

My understanding is that Arkansas, A&M and the criminals are "permanent" rival games for Texas, unless something changes. I have no doubt the SEC wants to make sure they have Arch play against Ole Miss, Tennessee and LSU.

Yeah that's going to be interesting.  As of now, they have Texas as the home team for their three rivalry games in odd years and the away team in even years.  I don't think they'll do a 9-game conference schedule anytime soon.  Something's gotta give.  Wouldn't mind having another big home game besides Ohio State, but besides Georgia, you would only get that from Alabama or LSU.  Tennessee is a toss-up.

Give us Ole Miss, LSU, the fake UT, and South Carolina.

Hope Sellers goes pro 

Pretty sure we know that Ohio State won't be on the schedule until 2027. From what I remember, the deals were made for @Michigan in '24, @ Ohio State in '25 and then they return the favor by coming to Austin in '26 (Michigan) and '27 (Ohio State). 

9 minutes ago, A-10HORN said:

Hope Sellers goes pro 

He will.  He was part of the 2023 cycle so if he has another good year, he’s gone.

4 minutes ago, AusMOJO said:

Pretty sure we know that Ohio State won't be on the schedule until 2027. From what I remember, the deals were made for @Michigan in '24, @ Ohio State in '25 and then they return the favor by coming to Austin in '26 (Michigan) and '27 (Ohio State). 

The deal was @ Michigan last year, @ Ohio State this year, home for Ohio State next year, and home for Michigan in 2027.  The only tweak made was FOX wanted to broadcast the Texas-Michigan game to be in Ann Arbor as part of the deal for Texas to join the SEC a year early.  Originally, last year’s game was going to be in Austin and the 2027 game in Ann Arbor.

42 minutes ago, LonghornFan4Ever said:

The deal was @ Michigan last year, @ Ohio State this year, home for Ohio State next year, and home for Michigan in 2027.  The only tweak made was FOX wanted to broadcast the Texas-Michigan game to be in Ann Arbor as part of the deal for Texas to join the SEC a year early.  Originally, last year’s game was going to be in Austin and the 2027 game in Ann Arbor.

I was certain that the Michigan was next year but thanks for the correction. 

I consistently forget Missouri is in the SEC.  Doubt I’m the only one. 

Well with nine conference games announced for 2026 on, I can scrap my prediction of Texas playing another in state non-con opponent and replace them with Auburn.  Alabama is the only other option, but with the recent home and home prior to Texas joining the SEC, probably won't happen again until 2028.  Not sure how that would affect their home and away schedule.  I would assume for Texas it's four home, four away, and neutral for OU.  OU, A&M, and Arky are guaranteed to be their three permanent rivals.

10 hours ago, LonghornFan4Ever said:

Well with nine conference games announced for 2026 on, I can scrap my prediction of Texas playing another in state non-con opponent and replace them with Auburn.  Alabama is the only other option, but with the recent home and home prior to Texas joining the SEC, probably won't happen again until 2028.  Not sure how that would affect their home and away schedule.  I would assume for Texas it's four home, four away, and neutral for OU.  OU, A&M, and Arky are guaranteed to be their three permanent rivals.

It will probably be:

 

Neutral - OU

Home - Arky, S Carolina, Mizzou, Auburn 

Away - Ole Miss, LSU, Tennessee, A&M

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1 hour ago, GQ03 said:

It will probably be:

 

Neutral - OU

Home - Arky, S Carolina, Mizzou, Auburn 

Away - Ole Miss, LSU, Tennessee, A&M

I'm pretty sure I was reading that they consider the OU game eithe away (even years) or home (odd years). So does that count for the home and away games or no? Because I was reading the SEC considers it that way. Because technically, we're the "home" team in the RRR this year. 

17 hours ago, AusMOJO said:

I'm pretty sure I was reading that they consider the OU game eithe away (even years) or home (odd years). So does that count for the home and away games or no? Because I was reading the SEC considers it that way. Because technically, we're the "home" team in the RRR this year. 

They do but for the sake of this exercise I don't know that it will matter. I don't see a scenario where they will have us, OU, Florida or Georgia only play 3 home conference games while playing a neutral site in addition to 5 road conference games. The neutral site game will technically be the swing game but it makes too much sense to not simply do 4 & 4 with the 1 neutral game.