ESPN Predicts Texas' Postseason Fate originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Texas Longhorns have their eyes on a third-straight College Football Playoff berth in 2025 under head coach Steve Sarkisian. Sarkisian has been to the semifinal round in 2023 and 2024 and comes into this season with a 38-17 overall record.

Texas is gearing up for a run at the national championship, and the Longhorns' defense will be led by one of the best players in the country.

Despite being the No. 1 team in the AP Top 25, Texas is a 2.5-point underdog in its Week 1 showdown against No. 3 Ohio State, according to BetMGM. On Thursday, ESPN’s Paul Finebaum criticized oddsmakers for underestimating the Longhorns.

ESPN’s Mark Schlabach believes Sarkisian will reach the National Championship Game and beat the Clemson Tigers for its first title since 2005.

The preseason accolades have rained down for Texas Longhorns football the past few weeks, as week one of college football approaches. The Longhorns enter the s

ESPN recently ranked its top 100 players in college football from the past season, and the Buckeyes had 10 players make the list. More: Texas Longhorns: 5 under-the-radar breakout candidates for ...

Helm finished with the sixth-most receiving yards among tight ends last season. The only players with more yards were Ball State Cardinals’ Tanner Koziol (839), MTSU Blue Raiders Holden Willis (871), Syracuse Orange’s Oronde Gadsen II (934), Penn State Nittany Lions’ Tyler Warren (1,233) and Bowling Green Falcons’ Harold Fannin Jr. (1,554).

AUSTIN — When the Longhorn Network launched in 2011, the 20-year, $300 million partnership with ESPN set up Texas with its own 24-hour television showcase that sent shock waves across college ...