Aaron E. Martinez/USA TODAY Network via Imagn Images The Longhorns are working on mental preparation for the grind of SEC play and beyond. For the first time under Steve Sarkisian, the No. 2 Texas Longhorns head into the bye week undefeated, despite the struggles against the Mississippi State Bulldogs in last weekend’s SEC opener. Now, they have two weeks to not only plan for the coming opponents but to prepare themselves for the grind of SEC play and beyond. “We’ve got a long way to go. You know, we’re not a third of the way through this season if we were trying to accomplish what we want to ..read more

Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK By game time in Dallas, the Longhorns starter will be four weeks removed from his oblique strain. In a repeat of 2022, Texas Longhorns starting quarterback Quinn Ewers will reportedly return from injury against the Oklahoma Sooners in the Cotton Bowl on Oct. 12, according to a Tuesday report from Anwar Richardson of Orangebloods. According to multiple sources, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers participated in practice on Tuesday and received the first-team reps. I was told, "Quinn is playing [against Oklahoma]. No way he misses this gam ..read more

Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK With more than a week until kickoff at the Cotton Bowl, the Longhorns are favored by more than two touchdowns. In a rare afternoon addition of the Red River Showdown, the No. 2 Texas Longhorns are early 14.5-point favorites over the No. 19 Oklahoma Sooners for the Oct. 12 matchup at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, according to FanDuel. For the fifth time in the last seven meetings, both teams are ranked heading into the rivalry game with the Longhorns at 5-0 and the Sooners at 4-1. The way that the two newest members of the SEC have gone a ..read more

Kimberly P. Mitchell / USA TODAY NETWORK / USA TODAY NETWORK Plus: Texas volleyball takes on South Carolina tonight College football’s corner of the internet was abuzz yesterday when a new “Super League” proposal consisting of two conferences for some 136 FBS teams of the future starting making the digital rounds. Two conferences? 20 divisions? Read about it more for yourself. Texas Tech AD Kirby Hocutt is an Ambassador for College Sports Tomorrow, a group that today unveiled a proposal to create the CSFL, a new football-only super league. One conference would have 72 teams and the other wou ..read more

Mikala Compton/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Plus: An old tradition for a new league ESPN recently released its latest College Football Playoff projections. The Texas Longhorns landed at No. 5, behind presumed Southeastern Conference champion Alabama, who was projected to finish with the CFP’s No. 1 seed overall. Texas is projected to meet No. 12 seed Boise State. From ESPN: “Boise State would earn this spot as the committee’s fifth-highest ranked conference champion, and it would be the No. 12 seed at the expense of Ole Miss, which is No. 12 in the projected ranking ..read more

Mikala Compton/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Join the conversation with SB Nation Reacts! Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Texas Longhorns fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns enter their first bye week undefeated in the regular- season and iEC league play. Despite the win over Mississippi State last week, Texas dropped a spot in the AP Poll to No. 2 behind the Alabama Crimson Tide. After le ..read more

Aaron E. Martinez/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images In their first SEC victory, the Longhorns did enough to win but did they execute every area of the game? Let’s check out the performance on third downs and in the red zone. The then-No. 1 Texas Longhorns gutted out a 22-point victory on Saturday in Austin against the Mississippi State Bulldogs, a sentence that is hard to comprehend without watching the game. After a slow first three quarters, the Longhorns were able to turn up the gas in the final frame and collect their first SEC victory. Perhaps more than people expect ..read more

Brett Patzke-Imagn Images Plus: Two big SEC wins for Texas volleyball Texas Longhorns big man up front Kelvin Banks, a junior, has been named the Southeastern Conference’s Offensive Lineman of the Week following a stellar showing versus Mississippi State. SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week: WK 5 Kelvin Banks Jr.@TexasFootball x #SECFB pic.twitter.com/AXwbKJGhpN — Southeastern Conference (@SEC) September 30, 2024 WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS Austin American-Statesman: Golden: The good, bad, and ugly in Texas’ SEC football debut Austin American-Statesman: Quinn Ewers injury: Will T ..read more

Mikala Compton/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Let the rivalry smack-talk begin Texas Longhorns football is encountering a lot of newness—for examples, a new league (the Southeastern Conference), as well as a new quarterback (as Arch Manning fills in for starter Quinn Ewers.) What isn’t new, however, is Texas’ gleeful hatred of the Oklahoma Sooners. Oklahoma’s next up on the schedule, too. Among those feeling especially confident heading into Texas’ rivalry week in Dallas is freshman edge rusher Colin Simmons, a former five-star recruit out of the same town. Asked about ..read more

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports Not bad for a TE filling in at QB The future is looking bright for the Texas Longhorns football program. Not only are fans already getting a taste of what’s to come with quarterback and redshirt freshman Arch Manning as he fills in for starter Quinn Ewers. They also have the likes of athletes like Nick Townsend, a 2025 four-star tight end out of Houston Dekaney High School. Townsend is currently the No. 3 tight end nationally and No. 20 among Texas athletes, according to 247Sports’ rankings of the 2025 class of college football prospects. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound t ..read more