Overall Record
3-0
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vs Wyoming W 31-10
Conference Record
0-0
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@Baylor
09/23/2023
Xavier Worthy caught a 44-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter and Jerrin Thompson added an interception return for another score minutes later as No. 4 Texas pulled away late from Wyoming for a 31-10 victory.
The hype is coming for the Texas Longhorns like it hasn’t in years. That’s what happens when you knock off Alabama on the road and get your first win over a top-five team in 15 years.
AP Top 25: Texas jumps to No. 4 after beating ‘Bama; Pac-12 sets conference high with 8 ranked teams
Texas jumped to No. 4 in The Associated Press college football poll after beating Alabama and the Pac-12 became just the second conference to place as many as eight teams in an AP Top 25.
Quinn Ewers finished what he started last season, passing for 349 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 11 Texas to a 34-24 victory over third-ranked Alabama on Saturday night in a huge win for a program trying to climb back into national championship contention.
Texas is ready for the Southeastern Conference. Then again, the SEC doesn’t look so tough right now.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Quinn Ewers finished what he started last season, passing for 349 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 11 Texas to a 34-24 victory over third-ranked Alabama on Saturday night in a huge win for a program trying to climb back into national championship contention.
Quarterbacks Jalen Milroe and Quinn Ewers will take center stage in the Texas-Alabama showdown. Milroe is set to make his third start for the third-ranked Crimson Tide against No. 11 Texas.
No. 11 Texas visits third-ranked Alabama in a rematch of last season’s game that went down to the wire.
Texas and Alabama aren’t Southeastern Conference rivals just yet. But the 11th-ranked Longhorns and No. 3 Crimson Tide are set for a big showdown as a prelude to those days, Texas is in its last Big 12 Conference season before joining Alabama in the SEC.
Eleventh-ranked Texas is already favored to win the Big 12 title in its farewell season. The Longhorns will become part of the College Football Playoff conversation if they win Saturday at third-ranked Alabama.
Southeastern Conference teams have two Top 25 matchups this weekend. No. 3 Alabama is hosting 11th-ranked Texas while 20th-ranked Mississippi is at Tulane, which is ranked 24th.
Quinn Ewers passed for three touchdowns and ran for another as No. 11 Texas overcame a sluggish start with an overwhelming third quarter to beat Rice 37-10 on Saturday in the season-opener for both teams.
Quinn Ewers’ mullet is gone. The big arm is still there. So is the competition that comes with the big name of Manning behind it.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bijan Robinson might be the first running back selected in this year’s NFL draft.
Marcus Carr scored 12 points to help No. 6 Texas defeat Oklahoma State 56-46 in the Longhorns’ first game since coach Chris Beard was fired.
Texas has fired basketball coach Chris Beard, who faces a felony domestic family violence charge after his fiancée told police he strangled and bit her.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Michael Penix, Jr. threw for 287 yards and two touchdowns and No. 12 Washington held off No. 21 Texas 27-20 on Thursday night in the Valero Alamo Bowl.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Faced with a life-altering choice, Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. opted to stay put.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas running back Bijan Robinson is skipping his final two seasons of eligibility to enter the NFL draft and won’t play in the Alamo Bowl.
Barring some unusual circumstances, Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams will become the eighth Heisman Trophy winner since 2000 to play college football the following season.
Mississippi (8-4, SEC) vs. Texas Tech (7-5, Big 12), Dec. 28, 9 p.m. ET
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TOP PLAYERS
Air Force (9-3, Mountain West) vs. Baylor (6-6, Big 12), Dec. 22, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
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TOP PLAYERS
Coastal Carolina has hired North Carolina State offensive coordinator Tim Beck to replace Jamey Chadwell as head football coach.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has formally dismissed quarterback Jalen Kitna from the team following his arrest on five child pornography charges that police said included an image of a man having sex with a young girl.
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Former Texas and Houston head coach Tom Herman will take over at Florida Atlantic as it heads into its first season in the American Athletic Conference.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Ben Finley threw for 271 yards and two touchdowns in his first career start, and North Carolina State held on to beat Drake Maye and No. 18 North Carolina 30-27 on Friday when Noah Burnette duck-hooked a 35-yard field goal try in the second overtime.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Bijan Robinson wouldn’t say if he played his last college game on Friday. But if he did, the Texas junior made it a memorable one.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas coach Steve Sarkisian laid out to his players the realistic, though somewhat out-of-their-control, scenario about how the 24th-ranked Longhorns can still get into the Big 12 championship game.
Baylor (6-5, 4-4 Big 12) at No. 24 Texas (7-4, 5-3, No. 23 CFP), Friday, noon ET (ESPN).
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK COLLEGE LINE: Texas by 8 1/2.
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK COLLEGE LINE: Texas by 8 1/2.