College football officially begins this month.
Now that it’s August, there are less than two weeks until Kansas State and Iowa State meet in Dublin to begin the 2025 regular season. And since the season is quickly approaching, we’re rolling out our preseason Top 25.
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Next up in our rankings is the No. 3 team, and the rest will be revealed in the coming days. (All odds are from BetMGM.)
Previously: Nos. 11 through 25, No. 10 Miami, No. 9 Alabama, No. 8 Notre Dame, No. 7 LSU, No. 6 Ohio State, No. 5 Georgia, No. 4 Oregon
No. 3 Texas
National championship odds: +475
Odds to make College Football Playoff: -310
Arch Manning is now steering the ship for the Texas offense. (Grant Thomas/Yahoo Sports)
2024 in 100 words
The Longhorns started the season 6-0 in a stretch that included a convincing 31-12 win over Michigan and an even more convincing 34-3 win over Oklahoma. However, those teams weren’t close to being playoff contenders.
Texas got its first dose of Georgia on Oct. 19 when the Bulldogs just bullied the Longhorns’ offense in a 30-15 loss. Texas then won five more games to make it to the SEC title game and face … you guessed it, Georgia. The Bulldogs again got the better of the Longhorns in a 22-19 win without Carson Beck for the second half. Even so, Texas won two playoff games to advance to the national semifinals, where it lost 28-14 to eventual champion Ohio State.
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The quarterback
What is there left to say about Arch Manning before the season begins? The buildup to his first season as Texas’ full-time starter is unlike anything we’ve seen in recent college football history. Manning is the Heisman favorite at +600 despite throwing fewer than 100 career passes in college football.
Many of those passes came early in the…
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Author : Nick Bromberg
Publish date : 2025-08-13 13:00:00
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