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With the college football season approaching in just over 68 days, plenty of websites and media outlets are producing predictions. One such publication, College Football News, recently released its record predictions for every power five conference school.
According to the prediction, the Texas Longhorns finish the regular season 8-4. While that would be a one-game improvement from the 2019 campaign, it still feels like that would be a letdown season for the Longhorns. Likely leads to another Valero Alamo Bowl game for Texas. Therein lies the real disappointment, playing in a non-New Year’s Six bowl game.
After positing a 10-4 record in head coach Tom Herman’s second season for the Longhorns, expectations reached a fever pitch. It only came crashing down when the Longhorns received a bowl bid to the Alamo City Bowl. A return trip is not what anyone at Texas is looking for in 2020. While Herman isn’t on the hot seat, a disappointing year with no improvement in 2020 could force that conversation for 2021.
The CFN projection has Texas third in the conference behind Oklahoma State (10-2) and Oklahoma (11-1). The Longhorns will likely need to beat both the Cowboys and Sooners to have a shot at the Big 12 Championship this season.
Big 12 Final Standings Projection per CFN
- Oklahoma (11-1)
- Oklahoma State (10-2)
- Texas (8-4)
- Iowa State (7-5)
- Kansas State (7-5)
- Baylor (6-6)
- TCU (6-6)
- Texas Tech (6-6)
- West Virginia (5-7)
- Kansas (4-8)