The Texas Longhorns are one of the most intriguing teams heading into the 2025 college football season. Ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP Poll, the expectations in Austin are sky-high, with hopes of capturing an SEC Championship and winning the national title — something they’ve fallen short of in each of the last two seasons in the College Football Playoff.

Heading into the 2024 college football season, the Texas Longhorns face higher expectations than probably any other team in the country. That's for good reason,

Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning served as the backup for now-Miami Dolphins signal caller Quinn Ewers for the past two seasons. Although he wasn't the full-time starter in 2024, he did throw for 939 yards and nine touchdowns, while rushing for another four scores and also racked up two starts.

Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian claims that quarterback Arch Manning was not "catastrophically bad" in scrimmage.