The 2025 college football season is fast approaching, and with less than three weeks until kickoff, anticipation is rising. Monday's release of the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll provides the first official glimpse at how the projected top programs stack up entering another pivotal campaign.

More than three decades of history suggest Texas should be wary of its No. 1 ranking in the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll.

The Longhorns earned the No. 1 ranking in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll for the first time. SMU, Texas A&M and Texas Tech also cracked the