This college football season, everything — including the expectations — will be bigger in Texas. As the Texas Longhorns prepare for a 2025 season that begins next weekend at Ohio State, they have been tabbed as the No.

The University of Texas at Austin is ranked as the nation’s top team, according to the season’s first Associated Press Top 25 poll. But a number of other schools – including Texas Tech, SMU, and Texas A&M – also have major goals for the season.

Teams do get overhyped, and there actually are reasons to be worried about Texas going into the new campaign. One of the biggest causes for concern is the Longhorns' offensive weapons, particularly in the receiving corps.