Texas ranked No. 4 in the preseason AP Poll
The Texas Longhorns were ranked No. 4 in the initial preseason AP Poll, the program’s highest preseason ranking since Texas was ranked No. 5 ahead of the 2010 season.
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The Longhorns finished last season ranked No. 3, the highest finish since a No. 2 ending in 2009.
Texas is one of nine SEC teams in the top 25 along with top-ranked Georgia, No. 5 Alabama, No. 6 Ole Miss, No. 11 Missouri, No. 13 LSU, No. 15 Tennessee, No. 16 Oklahoma, and No. 20 Texas A&M.
Georgia, Oklahoma, and Texas A&M are on the Longhorns’ schedule.
The only other preseason top-25 team on Texas’ 2024 slate is Michigan, who checked in at No. 9.
UTSA and Kentucky were in the receiving votes category.
This is the 57th time in program history the Longhorns have been ranked in the preseason top 25, which has released a preseason ranking every year since 1950.
AP Preseason Top 25
- Georgia Bulldogs (46)
- Ohio State Buckeyes (15)
- Oregon Ducks (1)
- Texas Longhorns
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- Ole Miss Rebels
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Penn State Nittany Lions
- Michigan Wolverines
- Florida State Seminoles
- Missouri Tigers
- Utah Utes
- LSU Tigers
- Clemson Tigers
- Tennessee Volunteers
- Oklahoma Sooners
- Oklahoma State Cowboys
- Kansas State Wildcats
- Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes
- Texas A&M Aggies
- Arizona Wildcats
- Kansas Jayhawks
- USC Trojans
- NC State Wolf Pack
- Iowa Hawkeyes
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