Despite starting the season off as the No. 1 team in the country, Texas failed to make the College Football Playoff, meaning the Longhorns can now start turning attention to next

As for the road slate, Texas will play at Tennessee for the first time Sept. 26 in Knoxville. The matchup is just the fourth all-time (Texas leads 2-1) between the schools that share UT as their initials and the first since the 1969 Cotton Bowl. All three of the teams' previous matchups occurred in the Cotton Bowl.

Marcel Reed and the Texas A&M Aggies capped the 2025 regular season with a Week 14 loss to the Texas Longhorns. However, their national championship hopes are still alive, with ESPN's FPI giving them a 3.1% chance of winning it all.

Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian said his team deserves to be in the College Football Playoff after upsetting Texas A&M on Friday night.

Texas football will play Michigan in the Citrus Bowl after missing the College Football Playoff. Here is what to know.

During the naming, Jackson was named to the All-SEC freshman team as an edge rusher, carrying over somewhat of a tradition after Colin Simmons was named to the team last year, as well as took home SEC Freshman of the Year honors. Jackson was the only player from the 40 Acres to land a spot on the team.