ESPN has released its preseason 2024 Power Rankings. Much like the preseason AP Top 25 and the US LBM Coaches Poll, Texas sits at No. 4.
ESPN is one of the original innovators of weekly power rankings. The network will publish a new version of the power rankings each week during the season,
The Longhorns are behind No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Oregon. Alabama is No. 5. The Top 5 of the power rankings mimics both the AP and Coaches Top 5.
No. 4 Texas Longhorns
The Longhorns went on a revenge tour in their last season in the Big 12, making their first College Football Playoff appearance before falling short against Washington in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. They’ve got the QB in Quinn Ewers, with Arch Manning right behind him along with a stout offensive line, to make another run. But Ewers will have a nearly all-new supporting cast at receiver and running back — where Texas has already lost RB CJ Baxter with a knee injury — but Steve Sarkisian has a deep roster and still has four options in the backfield. The schedule takes a leap with the SEC slate and a Week 2 nonconference trip to Michigan, before Georgia visits in October. Two of the past three games are road trips to hostile environments at Arkansas and Texas A&M, two teams eager to revisit their rivalries. — Dave Wilson, ESPN
Texas begins the season at home against Colorado State on Aug. 31.
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