2026
Week 3
Texas Longhorns
Rankings
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Main Poll Voters
| User | Rank | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| _fastball | 1 | |
| Acm0028 | 1 | |
| AJ_CC | 1 | |
| ALStark69 | 1 | +4 from last week; figured I would switch where I had them and OSU |
| BallSoHerd | 1 | |
| BananaBouquet | 1 | |
| Bank_Gothic | 1 | |
| bannista7 | 1 | |
| BearsAreGreat1 | 1 | |
| BendrickLamar19 | 1 | |
| Bill3ffinMurray | 1 | |
| Blooblod | 1 | |
| BoukenGreen | 1 | |
| bretticus733 | 1 | |
| brucewaynewins | 1 | |
| budget_um | 1 | Statement win. Team to beat, especially once the kinks got ironed out |
| CambodianDrywall | 1 | |
| Cassiyus | 1 | |
| CFBHurts | 1 | Best win in the country as of today |
| Ch-i-ef | 1 | |
| ch1l1_ch33s3 | 1 | |
| chillmagic420 | 1 | |
| Chipsahoy523 | 1 | +2 |
| ColombianInIowa24 | 1 | 12.00 - Model is confident in ranked status. |
| CommodoreN7 | 1 | |
| Conn3er | 1 | Despite my best internal attempts to respect Indiana you can’t deny that Texas now has the clear best resume in country. I think they have regressed at DC and if they ever have to play an above average O-line I think there a lot of points to be earned on a relatively pedestrian defensive backfield. |
| Corgi_Koala | 1 | |
| cornholesurfer | 1 | |
| CRedds19 | 1 | |
| cvsprinter1 | 1 | |
| cyberchaox | 1 | |
| DampFrijoles | 1 | |
| daredassdude | 1 | |
| DarkLegend64 | 1 | |
| DarthYoda2594 | 1 | |
| DavoinShower-handle | 1 | |
| deadtofall12 | 1 | |
| djowen68 | 1 | |
| Doogitywoogity | 1 | This should be obvious. Huge comeback over what looks to be an elite Ohio State squad. Holding Ohio State to a single field goal in the entire second half is a great defensive showing. I hate this timeline. They have what looks to be a tough schedule so they’ll really have to defend this position. |
| douchebagjack | 1 | best win…i think*. no idea how good ohio state. they only beat ball st |
| Dropbackandpunt | 1 | |
| dschinghiskhan | 1 | |
| dukemetoo | 1 | Best win of the year on a team we thought would be good. Easy placement |
| eclectic_tastes | 1 | |
| elnino550 | 1 | They have the best resume in the country with a win over OSU and a 2-0 start, they also have one of the deepest pre-season projected rosters. This is an easy number one. |
| EpicSchwinn | 1 | |
| Euphoric_Relative_13 | 1 | |
| flyingcircusdog | 1 | 20 point comeback against #1, enough said |
| fredmerc111 | 1 | |
| frone | 1 | |
| frumious88 | 1 | |
| galacticdude7 | 1 | |
| grey_pilgrim_ | 1 | |
| grjohnst | 1 | |
| Hackasizlak | 1 | |
| hascogrande | 1 | |
| Helifino | 1 | |
| HideNZeke | 1 | |
| HieloLuz | 1 | 2-0 1 P4 win v Ohio State 1 G6 win v Texas State Ohio State is best win of the season so far |
| IAmAChemicalEngineer | 1 | |
| jalexjsmithj | 1 | Vs Ohio State |
| Jay_Dubbbs | 1 | |
| JBonkies | 1 | |
| jmac_21 | 1 | |
| joebob431 | 1 | |
| jonstark19 | 1 | |
| jrich960608 | 1 | |
| jrluhn | 1 | |
| JustAManAndHisLaptop | 1 | |
| Justanother_0 | 1 | The come from behind win over Ohio State has given the Longhorns the best resume in the nation. This spot is theirs to lose. |
| JustinMSU21 | 1 | |
| Klaassy23 | 1 | |
| laprasrules | 1 | |
| Lex_Ludorum | 1 | |
| lowes18 | 1 | Texas won the tentative game of the year at home on Saturday against Ohio State. This game should have been an Ohio State blowout, but a successful red-zone defense by Muschamp, poor play by Julian Sayin, and Sark letting Arch be Arch allowed Texas to roar back for a win. If Sark can let his team play like it did in the second half, and stop trying to force his side-to-side offense on a team loaded with playmakers then Texas can win the national title. |
| MahjongDaily | 1 | |
| MainPeanut25 | 1 | Demon Sark woke up |
| ManiacalBlazer | 1 | |
| mcdsmaster8824 | 1 | |
| MemeofMemeJTG999999 | 1 | (2-0) (up 1) W: 24-23 vs #1 Ohio State (1-1) Next Week: vs UTSA (2-0) Projected Bowl: Cotton Bowl vs Miami/Alabama |
| monkeymatt1836 | 1 | |
| Mr_Brews | 1 | |
| MrTheSpork | 1 | |
| Muffinnnnnnn | 1 | |
| nemoran | 1 | |
| noahthearc | 1 | |
| NyquillusDillwad20 | 1 | |
| OldCoaly | 1 | |
| outthawazoo | 1 | Best win of the year so far. |
| owl_man | 1 | |
| PattyKane16 | 1 | |
| penisthightrap_ | 1 | Longhorns have the most impressive win of this young season. |
| PlactusTX | 1 | LW: 4 | W Ohio State | Tier 1 | Wins: T1, T5 |
| Pollaski | 1 | |
| PSUMediaPA | 1 | |
| Pure_Protein_Machine | 1 | |
| Pyromania1983 | 1 | What can you say? They had one of the best comebacks in recent history and took down the former number 1 ranked Ohio State. Faced adversity for the first 45 minutes of the game before completely controlling the 4th. Great finish! |
| Rakarei | 1 | |
| Red261 | 1 | |
| redwave2505 | 1 | |
| RegionalBias | 1 | |
| RiffRamBahZoo | 1 | |
| RobertNeyland | 1 | |
| RollWarTideEagle | 1 | |
| romulusjsp | 1 | |
| Ruhrgebietheld | 1 | |
| scronko | 1 | |
| SCsprinter13 | 1 | |
| shifty1032231 | 1 | |
| smartkeg | 1 | Impressive win with an amazing comeback. I think wins like this provide evidence that a team can perform under pressure. Clear #1 for me. |
| Sometimeswelose | 1 | |
| soonerfreak | 1 | |
| SpadeRyker | 1 | |
| spmartin1993 | 1 | |
| sroach91 | 1 | |
| Staind075 | 1 | |
| SteemieRayVaughn | 1 | |
| StFuzzySlippers | 1 | Initial rankings. More confident about the 25 teams as a whole than I am about the order at this point. Mostly 2-0 teams were chosen that have some impressive win against another team from a major conference. The order will probably change a lot in upcoming weeks. |
| strikersteve60 | 1 | |
| SufferingfOrLife | 1 | ↑1 Result: (W) 24-23 Ohio State |
| SwissArmyScythe | 1 | -- (Change from my rankings last week) |
| T-nawtical | 1 | |
| T-Thugs | 1 | Texas is my #1 team following their victory over AP#1 Ohio State. I think this is the best win of the season so far. |
| TaylorLeprechaun | 1 | +6 |
| tdeff19 | 1 | |
| TDenverFan | 1 | |
| tdoger | 1 | |
| Techwid | 1 | |
| texas2089 | 1 | |
| TheNSAAgent777 | 1 | |
| TheReformedBadger | 1 | |
| thescottula | 1 | |
| TheUltimate721 | 1 | Texas gets here via courtesy of having the best win in the country right now, but even though you get the amazing comeback win and finally get one over Ohio State, I don't think this is a game you come away feeling supper satisfied by. Texas was incredibly sloppy through 3 quarters and won a war of attrition in the 4th. I think if you're Sark, you take the win, but there's a lot to improve on, because being #1 is something you have to earn every week. |
| TimeBroken | 1 | |
| titansfan174 | 1 | |
| tks231 | 1 | |
| TolkienFan71 | 1 | |
| tomdawg0022 | 1 | |
| Tornadohunter24 | 1 | [2-0] (+19) | SOR: #1 |
| twitter_paulbd | 1 | BCR Undefeated 7 Points |
| UNC_Samurai | 1 | |
| w8w8 | 1 | |
| WarEagle9 | 1 | |
| xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx | 1 | (+3) This season is going to be like a party for someone before they go off to war. Arch going to the Browns being the war |
| Xy13 | 1 | |
| ya111101 | 1 | |
| Zloggt | 1 | The Chosen Nephew has saved them... |
| 12panther | 2 | |
| Aidanj927 | 2 | |
| Bereft13 | 2 | Power: 5, SoR: 1; LW: 5 |
| Blazeth | 2 | |
| Cecil_Hardboner | 2 | |
| ChaseTheFalcon | 2 | |
| Corporal_Hicks | 2 | |
| dabul-master | 2 | |
| diehardcubforever | 2 | |
| dubscurry30 | 2 | +3 |
| ehoefler | 2 | 98.79 |
| HelioOne | 2 | |
| IceColdDrPepper_Here | 2 | |
| Jakesnake42 | 2 | INSANE comeback win. Easily best win in the county. Last Week: #4 |
| Jerrywelfare | 2 | |
| jjjoebox | 2 | |
| KansasEF5Tornado | 2 | |
| Luigiatl | 2 | |
| malowry0124 | 2 | |
| manbeardawg | 2 | |
| mthompson2320 | 2 | LW: 4 |
| PeteyNice | 2 | |
| plannedsickdays | 2 | |
| realclean | 2 | |
| samspopguy | 2 | |
| seaotter2 | 2 | |
| sgtshenanigans | 2 | |
| SIMBONEGTP | 2 | |
| SlaminSammons | 2 | |
| the_neverdoctor | 2 | |
| ToeInDigDeep | 2 | Ohio State and Texas State. Have to say that the 'Horns looked horrible for three quarters, Ohio State beat themselves more than the 'Horns beat them |
| Versigot | 2 | |
| VerySeriousBanana | 2 | |
| aggiebruin27 | 3 | |
| bakonydraco | 3 | 87.915 |
| bwburke94 | 3 | |
| Cars-and-Coffee | 3 | 2-0. Power 15.6 (#8), resume #1 (82.8% strength of record). |
| Casaiir | 3 | |
| Conglossian | 3 | +3 |
| ewolfy13 | 3 | |
| halldaylong | 3 | |
| kflinderman | 3 | |
| MemeLovingLoser | 3 | Change: ▲ 4 | Previous Rank: 7th | Wins Composite Rank: 3rd | SoS Composite Rank: 17th | Margin of Victory Rank: 23rd | Penalties Composite Rank: 20th | Yardage Composite Rank: 58th | Turnover Composite Rank: 24th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 3rd | Other Stats Rank: 26th |
| one98d | 3 | |
| placid_salad | 3 | LW: #11 |
| Player_1_has_Joined | 3 | |
| roguebandit1 | 3 | |
| sickmemes48 | 3 | |
| sirvalkyerie | 3 | |
| Texasagsman | 3 | |
| TouchdownHeroes | 3 | |
| True_Ad5324 | 3 | |
| BUSean | 4 | |
| Drexlore | 4 | |
| JeromesNiece | 4 | |
| jrichardh | 4 | |
| NotSoSuperNerd | 4 | 1.758 [9.24-2.76] |
| owlalwaysloveyew | 4 | |
| Roscoe_Filburn | 4 | |
| sirgippy | 4 | GippyRank expected rank: 8.8. Central 80% interval: 2–18. Top-25 probability: 95.9%. |
| Terminal_BAS | 4 | |
| vanburen1845 | 4 | |
| AllHawkeyesGoToHell | 5 | |
| CptCheese | 5 | |
| Darth_Ra | 5 | |
| GeauxTri | 5 | |
| Maladroit44 | 5 | |
| nbingham196 | 5 | |
| Shion314 | 5 | |
| Hugefootballfan44 | 6 | LW: 10 |
| jthomas694 | 6 | |
| Pikachu1989 | 6 | |
| Striker743 | 6 | |
| BosskOnASegway | 7 | 1737.6 -> 1757.6 [+20.0] (#9 -> #7) |
| jbowen1 | 7 | 2079.33 |
| Fmeson | 8 | |
| bladefencer | 13 | 0.838, +3, Power: 24, Off: 27, Def: 28, SOR: 6 |
| Rcfan0902 | 13 | 353.00 (-5) |
| The-Gothic-Castle | 13 | |
| A_Rolling_Baneling | 14 | |
| jimbobbypaul | 14 | |
| BlueSCar | 15 | |
| Hey_Its_Roomie | 15 | |
| Charlemagne42 | 16 | Did not stop playing for 4 full quarters. |
Provisional Poll Voters
| User | Rank | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 39_Ringo | 1 | |
| 666PeaceKeepaGirl | 1 | |
| 70277027 | 1 | |
| _THE__BOULDER_ | 1 | Texas shot themselves in the foot a few times in the first half, with that wild pick and some dropped passes by receivers, but they managed to pull out the win by playing hard for all four quarters and overcoming an OSU team that really slowed down in the second half. They ended up doing Matthew McConaughey this weekend and are deserving of the top spot this week, imo. What should be a tune up against (an admittedly decent G6 team in) UTSA precedes a match up at Tennessee in 2 weeks. Battle of the UTs. |
| ab317 | 1 | |
| Aggravating-Steak-69 | 1 | |
| AoA_nB1 | 1 | Gutsy comeback, not sure if OSU lost or if UT won |
| beckett929 | 1 | |
| BlackGoose_13 | 1 | |
| Blazemaster77 | 1 | |
| bolts_win_again | 1 | |
| bruhstevenson | 1 | |
| ceris13 | 1 | What was that 4th Quarter!? :) |
| Crelc3 | 1 | |
| DarthGlazer | 1 | Resiliency. Great win against what I believe is a good team. That team is currently ranked low because of their record, not performance. Unfortunately i'm a stickler for record |
| dee3Poh | 1 | .980 |
| DesignerClub1887 | 1 | |
| DillyDillySzn | 1 | |
| divey043 | 1 | |
| DwayneBaconStan | 1 | |
| Esb5415 | 1 | |
| Flaky_Bit6733 | 1 | |
| fm22fnam | 1 | |
| FoodCourtDruid | 1 | |
| FuzzyDunlop911 | 1 | |
| GenuineBoss | 1 | |
| geordieColt88 | 1 | |
| gonshpreds1 | 1 | |
| GrimmacingGrinny | 1 | |
| hbh110 | 1 | |
| HereComesNightTime | 1 | |
| HHunko13 | 1 | |
| hiiightide | 1 | |
| JackWK_Gaming | 1 | |
| Jacob_Sumner | 1 | |
| JCNoles | 1 | |
| jibberishdhyukl | 1 | |
| josh55134 | 1 | |
| jtchr33 | 1 | Wow, the game is never over until it is. I don't fully believe Texas is back, but this is a good start. |
| jwrtf | 1 | |
| Kareem89086 | 1 | |
| kevinsdomain | 1 | |
| Living_Human | 1 | 90.31 |
| loneSTAR_06 | 1 | |
| LonghornInNebraska | 1 | |
| MajikSix | 1 | |
| manbeqrpig | 1 | |
| meristematic | 1 | |
| meta_irl | 1 | |
| Midnight-Mustang | 1 | |
| Milflover69cbb | 1 | Best win in the country |
| MisguidedPassion | 1 | Strong fourth quarter delivers what may end up being the best win of the regular season for any team. |
| MWiatrak2077 | 1 | |
| MyAngelMiraidon | 1 | They beat Ohio State, no further reason needed |
| myworld3 | 1 | |
| ndbfsu22 | 1 | |
| Neither_Call2913 | 1 | What a comeback versus aOSU. Arch looks good, certainly better than last year. |
| Nervous_Metal_9445 | 1 | |
| New_Prior2253 | 1 | A come from behind victory against the (in my opinion) #2 team in the country. A couple of plays at the beginning of the game allowed OSU to get ahead early, if not for those plays, Texas may have won by a bit more. |
| newSomberMan | 1 | |
| Noahsince2002 | 1 | |
| NoOutdoorSoup | 1 | |
| Ok_Boysenberry716 | 1 | |
| Ok_Significance_3803 | 1 | |
| Original_Profile8600 | 1 | |
| Piptit | 1 | |
| PrideSax711 | 1 | |
| Protoco2 | 1 | |
| Pure-Shirt-5831 | 1 | |
| quantum_jedi | 1 | (41.70) Phenomenal win for the Longhorns over Ohio State. Best win of the season so far. |
| requiemsux | 1 | |
| Rishik01 | 1 | |
| RJTrey | 1 | |
| S2OP | 1 | (+2) |
| S3G | 1 | |
| SaguaroCactus19 | 1 | |
| Salmon-Dude | 1 | |
| samtaylor92 | 1 | |
| saquad69 | 1 | |
| Select-Edge-3262 | 1 | +1 |
| Sflabuckeye13 | 1 | |
| SignificanceFirm2398 | 1 | |
| Small_Company_5697 | 1 | |
| spaceblev11 | 1 | |
| Spazzatack | 1 | |
| SpectralHydra | 1 | |
| SportsCat4 | 1 | |
| tbraptors | 1 | Texas beat the most talented team in the country, even after 3 bad quarters, and are therefore #1 |
| Tch267702 | 1 | |
| thehornedlamb | 1 | |
| TomorrowFinal6642 | 1 | |
| Tortillero96 | 1 | +5 W (2-0) H +1 vs Ohio State (1) W (1-0) H +52 vs Texas State (unranked) |
| TyRoland06 | 1 | |
| UnableToBelieveIt | 1 | |
| ValarMorghulis_17 | 1 | |
| WBLwiffleball | 1 | |
| Yelich04 | 1 | ^2 |
| _Junk_Rat_ | 2 | |
| BeyondLiesTheWub | 2 | -1 |
| ChiTrojan2 | 2 | |
| DirectTop8624 | 2 | |
| DownshiftGD | 2 | |
| jackmc04 | 2 | (+2) wow |
| jis024 | 2 | Well, they did it. Offense looks scrappy, but the defense looks up to the task of a top-3 team. |
| KansasChaser2021 | 2 | |
| Klightgrove | 2 | |
| LightningDusty | 2 | ↑1 |
| logace444444444 | 2 | |
| NA_Faker | 2 | |
| NebraskaPlainsman | 2 | |
| Perryapsis | 2 | |
| PsychologicalFox8660 | 2 | |
| Repulsive_Rub6443 | 2 | |
| RowDull8230 | 2 | |
| Star_Wars_Sith | 2 | |
| ArlyntheAwesome | 3 | The team with the best resume |
| BoilerUp28 | 3 | |
| EL-YEO | 3 | |
| FindGreatness23 | 3 | |
| geauxsaints777 | 3 | |
| isrealball | 3 | |
| JJones927 | 3 | |
| Josh_historybuff | 3 | 24-23 vs Ohio State |
| Kirkwood641 | 3 | |
| LeCowboySolitaire | 3 | |
| SomerandomIDFBfan | 3 | |
| the_lost_carrot | 3 | |
| WRSpill | 3 | (5) |
| Impossible-Still-349 | 4 | (+3) def. previous #1 Ohio State 24-23 |
| LegionMammal978 | 4 | (+44½) GS .889, TS −67. |
| Underground_Bread | 4 | |
| bigred91224 | 5 | |
| buccaneerboy22 | 5 | |
| chief_sitass | 5 | |
| Ethanol-Muffins | 5 | |
| FrontRunner51 | 5 | (+2) A bit odd to still have them below Ohio St., but for now I'm valuing OSU's mere 1 point loss on the road. In a neutral stadium, I think Ohio St. has shown themselves to be a better team -- for now. It's still so early, so rankings will move a lot as things settle. |
| ianmcmoney | 5 | |
| irishspring4521 | 5 | |
| IWieldTheFlameOfAnor | 5 | |
| sportstrap | 5 | |
| The_Good_General | 5 | |
| The_Stratman | 5 | |
| CallMeTheKing | 6 | |
| ogsmurf826 | 6 | |
| rt13wx | 6 | |
| ted1995 | 6 | |
| mr_longfellow_deeds | 7 | |
| CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY | 8 | |
| jtsmd2 | 8 | |
| alexjcode_com | 9 | 920 |
| g_trechel | 10 | |
| grahamca | 11 | T1ˢᵗ W/L, T14ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 11ᵗʰ Team Strength, 20ᵗʰ Quality of Wins |
| penix4heisman | 14 | |
| Rhizical | 16 | |
| owl-bears | 23 |
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