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Texas has one of the most talented rosters in college football heading into the 2024 season.
It’s no secret that Texas has one of the most talented rosters in college football heading into the 2024 season. Continue reading “Texas among 247Sports’ 10 teams with national championship potential in 2024”
Texas is given 10.5 wins by FanDuel for the 2024 football season.
The Texas football hype has reached FanDuel. The site has the Longhorns’ 2024 win total set for 10.5 wins.
If we had told you two years ago that the Longhorns’ initial predicted win total in the SEC would be set at 10.5 wins few would have believed it. But the conference gave Texas a favorable schedule, and the program built itself into a college football powerhouse.
The Longhorns will face four SEC teams who had losing records in 2023 in Vanderbilt (2-10), Arkansas (4-8), Mississippi State (5-7) and Florida (5-7). In addition, they only face three true road games. Add in the return of starting quarterback Quinn Ewers and an elite offensive line plus six starter caliber transfers and Texas is poised for a big season.
The list of win totals goes as follows in the conference.
We share who we lean toward picking in every Texas football game next season.
We’re forecasting out the 2024 football schedule for the Texas Longhorns as are several others. Most view the Longhorns as legitimate College Football Playoff contenders. Others have starkly varied opinions on the team.
The vast majority view the Longhorns as a Top 10 team heading into next season. A minority of media members view Texas as a team due for a fall off, comparing the team to its 2019 iteration that went 7-5 after a Sugar Bowl victory over Georgia. But Texas returns far more impactful players than it did that season.
We expect across the country there will be some roster shakeup after spring football, but don’t anticipate much impactful roster change across the college football landscape. Let’s give our early prediction for each game on the Longhorns’ schedule.
Texas dominated Alabama and won 12 games in 2023. One writer is certain that the Longhorns will fall off in 2024.
It was a warm night in Tuscaloosa in mid-September. Fans of SEC programs across the country were eager to watch Nick Saban’s Alabama squad humble Texas and prove the Longhorns an inferior Big 12 squad.
One dose of humbling was prepared for the game that night, but it wasn’t for Texas. The Longhorns bullied the Tide running away with the game with a dominant 21-point fourth quarter.
We knew Texas would have its hands full in its new conference, but this game was a warning shot at what the SEC would be up against.
The win was so decisive Alabama head coach Nick Saban began reflecting on what a great program his team had built. It was the kind of postgame press conference that had us thinking Saban would retire. And then he did.
Fans of the SEC are still dealing with Texas’ convincing defeat of Alabama in their own way. Most comically, media members who cover the conference are predicting a significant fall off for the ‘Horns.
Predictions of drop off are rolling in despite Texas having the third easiest SEC schedule. The Longhorns do, however, face a Michigan team that replaces 16 starters including eight of its nine starting linemen departing across both lines of scrimmage.
SEC Unfiltered contributor Lucas Hill writes that Texas is in for a “rude awakening.” Let’s break down a few of his claims.
We predict records for every SEC team in 2024.
It’s too early know what 12 teams will make the College Football Playoff or win 10 games in 2024. It’s not too early to take our best shot at it. Continue reading “Way-too-early record predictions for every SEC team”
The Athletic has Texas going 11-1 in 2024. You’d never guess who the loss is against.
The Athletic is nothing if not bold. The publication has released its early SEC record predictions for the 2024 football season.
This season’s prediction does not have Texas going 4-8 although such a prediction has happened before. This year, the publication has Texas going 11-1 in its first season in the SEC. The lone loss? The Athletic has the Longhorns falling to the rival Texas A&M Aggies in their final regular-season game.
This 2024 prognostication isn’t as far-fetched as the one from the 2022 season that had the Longhorns winning just four games. Albeit, it is surprising to predict that Texas will beat Michigan, Oklahoma and Georgia in the same season it loses to a rebuilding Texas A&M squad. That said, it’s hard to beat an 11-win season prediction in the team’s first season in the SEC.
Despite the upset prediction in favor of the Aggies, The Athletic does not seem high on the Longhorns’ rivals. Texas A&M is predicted to go 6-6, while Texas’ more bitter rivals, the Oklahoma Sooners, are predicted to go 7-5.
The Athletic has Oklahoma dropping games to Texas in Dallas, Alabama at home, and three games on the road against Ole Miss, Missouri and LSU. In College Station, Texas A&M is predicted to lose to Notre Dame, Missouri and LSU at home with road losses to Florida, South Carolina and Auburn.
National media often miss what those close to the teams can see, but their predictions might not be that far off in this instance. We see the Longhorns as a double-digit win team, although the Sooners might be underrated nationally.
Way-too-early predictions will continue to roll in for the 2024 college football season. We will have a better idea of what players will make an impact for each team after their spring games.
The #Longhorns are predicted to go 11-1 next season by @TheAthleticCFB. Their lone loss? To the #Aggies, who they predict to go 6-6. Also interesting that they predict #OU to go 7-5 on the season.
What do y’all think? #HookEm pic.twitter.com/GFmFV5A3nT
— Blake Munroe (@BlakeMunroeOTF) January 22, 2024
Score predictions from a variety of national media sites for No. 8 Texas vs. Houston this week.
No. 8 Texas travels to Houston to face the Cougars in Week 8. Continue reading “Score predictions for No. 8 Texas vs. Houston in Week 8”
Ken Jeong picked Kansas to upset Texas.
No. 3 Texas squaring off with No. 24 Kansas in Austin is one of the top games of the week. Continue reading “College Gameday picks for No. 3 Texas vs. No. 24 Kansas”
Texas is the heavy favorite over Wyoming in Week 3.
Texas stormed into Tuscaloosa and dominated Alabama last week. Continue reading “Score predictions for No. 4 Texas vs. Wyoming in Week 3”
Will Ewers connect on the deep ball against Alabama?
The matchup between No. 11 Texas and No. 3 Alabama is viewed as one of the top college football games of the year. Continue reading “Texas Football: Five bold predictions for the Alabama game”
