Texas remains No. 5 in ESPN's Football Power Index ahead of the start of the 2023 season
A handful of Week 0 results are in, and the effect on ESPN’s Football Power Index had little impact on the Texas Longhorns. Five days before the 2023 season kicks into high gear with an opening weekend slate that features Texas vs. Rice at 2:30 p.m., ESPN updated its advanced analytical ranking with the Longhorns checking in at No. 5.
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Texas’ place just inside the top five is no different than when FPI’s preseason rankings were released on August 20.
Texas ranks behind No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Georgia, and No. 4 LSU.
There was a slight amount of movement in the top 25 thanks to a few Week 0 results. Thanks to their blowout win over Navy, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish moved up three spots to No. 7.
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Clemson, USC, and Penn State all dropped one spot as a result of ND leapfrogging them, even though USC won its Week 0 contest over San Jose State.
Texas remained the highest ranked Big 12 team. The conference’s standing in the rankings was
- No. 5 – Texas
- No. 11 – Oklahoma
- No. 19 – TCU
- No. 20 – Texas Tech
- No. 26 – Kansas State
- No. 27 – Baylor
- No. 35 – UCF
- No. 41 – Iowa State
- No. 42 – Oklahoma State
- No. 49 – Cincinnati
- No. 57 – Houston
- No. 58 – West Virginia
- No. 63 – BYU
- No. 64 – Kansas
Alabama checked in at No. 2, while Rice was No. 104 and Wyoming was No. 89.
Despite an 8-5 record last season, the Longhorns performed well in ESPN Analytics’ metric. Texas finished No. 7 in FPI last season, and was the only team with fewer than 10 wins in the top 14. The Horns even finished ahead of national finalist TCU, who was No. 13, and Big 12 champion Kansas State, who ended the year at No. 12.
