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What does Texas have to do to make the NCAA Tournament?  The Texas Longhorns will travel to Houston today to take on the No. 3 Cougars at noon Saturday on CBS.  Texas (16-8, 5-6) has a strong NCAA Resume currently, but still has work in front of them to punch the ticket.  OnTexasFootball takes a look ahead, and the scenarios for Texas to be comfortably in the tourney. Texas’ Remaining Schedule 2/17 @ No. 3 Houston 2/19 Kansas State 2/24 @ No. 6 Kansas  2/27 @ Texas Te

A lot has changed since Texas smacked reigning national champion Michigan, 31-12, on Sept. 7, 2024. The Longhorns’ romp snapped several Wolverine winning streaks, including 23 consecutive wins at the Big House and 28 consecutive regular-season victories. The rosters and coaching staff for both clubs look a lot different ahead of Wednesday’s Citrus Bowl (2 p.m., ABC), the second meeting between No. 13 Texas (9-3, 6-2 SEC) and No. 18 Michigan (9-3, 7-2 Big Ten) in 15 months. Still, inter

Whether Arch Manning is out of concussion protocol in time to start at quarterback for No. 20 Texas against No. 9 Vanderbilt at Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturday (11 a.m., ABC) or Matthew Caldwell makes his Forty Acres starting debut, don’t expect Steve Sarkisian’s offense to change much, if at all. “We haven’t changed anything that we’ve done,” Sarkisian said on a Zoom call with reporters after Thursday’s practice. “Our system has been our system.” It’s true that Sarkisian’s at

If someone is objectively looking for something to separate Arch Manning, John Mateer and Marcel Reed in the pecking order for SEC quarterbacks ahead of pivotal seasons in the careers of the signal-callers for Texas, Oklahoma and Texas A&M, respectively, it’s how they performed against the best competition they faced in 2025. Manning faced more ranked opponents last season than Mateer or Reed, with the Longhorns battling six opponents (Ohio State, the Sooners, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Texas

AUSTIN, Texas — Steve Sarkisian opened his press conference on Monday, more than 48 hours after Texas kicked off the 2025 season with a 14-7 road loss to Ohio State, with his thoughts after reviewing the game. Sarkisian’s film study confirmed that the Longhorns left too many yards, opportunities and points on the field at the Horseshoe to avenge their College Football Playoff semifinal loss to the Buckeyes in January. A streak of 24 consecutive games forcing at least one turnover was s

I decided to sleep on the bombshell Steve Sarkisian dropped on Thursday, and my thoughts on Will Muschamp’s return to Texas at the expense of Pete Kwiatkowski’s job (with the collateral damage including the end of Duane Akina’s second stint on the Forty Acres) remain largely the same. With that said, it’s worth painting the backdrop for Sarkisian’s calculated risk. To understand why the burnt orange faithful love Muschamp, one has to understand the situation he inherited in 2008.

Texas entering into Steve Sarkisian’s fifth season on the Forty Acres as the No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 doesn’t guarantee anything. Still, the history of preseason No. 1 teams since 1998 — the first season in which the Bowl Championship Series decided college football’s national champion — is a sign that the Longhorns can almost bank on a prosperous season. The proof will be in the pudding, whether Texas is destined for a third consecutive trip to the College Football Playoff

The simplest explanation as to why Texas’ time at the College World Series ended after three games, two of which were losses to Georgia, including a 2-0 season-ending defeat at the hands of the Bulldogs on Tuesday, is that the offense didn't do enough to back up an overall winning performance by the pitching staff.  The Longhorns got the bulk of their production in Omaha from the middle of the order, with Ethan Mendoza, Anthony Pack Jr. and Adrian Rodriguez doing most of the damage Jim Schl

With Adrian Rodriguez out of action while recovering from what Kendall Rogers of D1Baseball.com described Monday as “a minor hand procedure,” No. 2 Texas has a hole at shortstop and in the middle of the batting order. Jim Schlossnagle continued to go with Rodriguez (.271/.386/.383) in the clean-up spot despite the sophomore battling through a hand issue. Injured during the 2025 season, Rodriguez underwent surgery in the fall and while he was ready for the start of the 2026 season, the issue

The vigor with which Texas addresses the wide receiver position in the transfer portal likely depends on the answer to one question. How much faith does Steve Sarkisian have in Ryan Wingo emerging as a bona fide No. 1 option for Arch Manning? Leading the Longhorns in receptions (50), receiving yards (770) and touchdown receptions (seven) en route to second-team All-SEC recognition from the league’s coaches constitutes a successful sophomore campaign through 12 games. Still, finishing t