Texas releases first depth chart for 2023 season

Texas football gets its 2023 season started later this afternoon with a home game against Rice. Ahead of kick-off, the team finally released their official depth chart for Week 1.

Thanks to On3’s Gerry Hamilton, you can view the full Week 1 two-deep depth chart right here:

The Texas Longhorns Depth Chart for the season opener vs Rice . @BobbyBurton87 @InsideTexas @ontexasfootball pic.twitter.com/6JY1Uk5VxP

— Gerry Hamilton (@GHamilton_On3) September 2, 2023

ESPN College GameDay heads to Texas-Alabama

It is now official. ESPN College GameDay will be in Tuscaloosa next weekend as Alabama hosts Texas in one of the biggest games of the 2023 college football season.

It has long been expected that College GameDay would be in town for the game, and the official announcement came Saturday morning.

The matchup features two of the top teams in the country. It will kickoff off at 7 p.m. next Saturday.

Alabama enters its season opener against Middle Tennessee ranked No. 4 in the AP Poll, while Texas is just outside of the top 10 at No. 11 ahead of its opener Saturday afternoon against Rice.

Both teams are considered true College Football Playoff contenders. Alabama boasts one of the top rosters in the country and is a popular pick to return to the CFP under head coach Nick Saban.

Steve Sarkisian has done an excellent job at Texas and some believe this is the year the Longhorns truly become back behind Quinn Ewers and a loaded roster.

Whoever wins the Alabama-Texas game will be in excellent shape to make the College Football Playoff. The winner will have an impressive out-of-conference win to lean back on coming Selection Sunday.

While ESPN College GameDay will be in Tuscaloosa next week, this week it is in Charlotte for the Week 1 showdown between South Carolina and North Carolina.

Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso and the entire College GameDay crew are in town for the Battle of the Carolinas.