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2026 Week 5 Texas Longhorns Rankings

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User Rank Reason
0010MK 1
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_ 1
A_Rolling_Baneling 1
Acm0028 1
Aidanj927 1
AJ_CC 1
AlexanderComet 1
AlphaH4wk 1
ALStark69 1 0 change from last week; no one wanted to win that game lol
BallSoHerd 1
BananaBouquet 1
Bank_Gothic 1 Still undefeated with the best wins in the country. Offense is off to a sluggish start but defense is elite and defense, proverbially, travels and wins championships.
bannista7 1
BearsAreGreat1 1
BendrickLamar19 1
Bill3ffinMurray 1
bladefencer 1 0.960, +1, Pow: 2, Off: 27, Def: 1, SOR: 1
blahblehblahwhoru 1
Blooblod 1
BorisNumber1 1
BoukenGreen 1
boxbeat 1
bretticus733 1
brucewaynewins 1
Buckeyes2010 1
budget_um 1 A little tight but won
bwburke94 1 +26.7708095 (LW: #6)
CambodianDrywall 1
Cars-and-Coffee 1
Casaiir 1
Cassiyus 1
cfbguy 1
CFBHurts 1
Ch-i-ef 1 Pull a Manning when your time comes, you know what I mean
ch1l1_ch33s3 1
CharlemagneOfTheUSA 1
ChaseTheFalcon 1
ChemicalOle 1
chillmagic420 1
Chipsahoy523 1 -
Chris-P-Creme 1
cinciforthewin 1
Colton3690 1
COLU_BUS 1
conchobor 1
cornholesurfer 1
corundum9 1
cvsprinter1 1 Undefeated
Daigotsu 1
DampFrijoles 1
daredassdude 1
DarkLegend64 1
DarthYoda2594 1
DavoinShower-handle 1
deadtofall12 1
digdat0 1 1. Texas — Score: 0.286 | Results: 1.664, SOS Rank: #1, Quality: 0.279, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 1, T25W: 1, T50W: 3, Off Rk: #53, Def Rk: #1
djowen68 1
Doogitywoogity 1 Gotta clean things up and stop shooting themselves in the foot
douchebagjack 1 Best 3 Wins: Ohio State, Tennessee, Texas State

Texas is still undefeated and has probably the best overall resume in the country, but I don't think they've looked like an unstoppable No. 1. Beating Ohio State and then going into Knoxville and surviving Tennessee is massive, though. The defense is the real star here. Colin Simmons just casually tying a Texas sack record with five sacks against Tennessee is awesome. Arch Manning has been below average and 20 points against Tennessee is a little concerning, but when you're winning road games against ranked SEC teams, a win is a win.
Dropbackandpunt 1
dschinghiskhan 1
dubscurry30 1 +1
dukemetoo 1
e8odie 1
eclectic_tastes 1
ehoefler 1 100.00 | -
elnino550 1 The offense does look to have its clear issues but the defence is legit and a win at Tennessee and Ohio State by any margin is still enough for them to have the best resume in the FBS.
EpicSchwinn 1
Euphoric_Relative_13 1
ewolfy13 1 Still don’t believe in arch but the team is for real
flyingcircusdog 1
fredmerc111 1
frone 1
frumious88 1
fshi 1
G-Aardvark 1
galacticdude7 1 Predicted Record: 12-0
GatorBolt 1 So far to this point the best resume, not always pretty.
GeauxTri 1
GenialGiant 1
grey_pilgrim_ 1
grjohnst 1
grtgbln 1
Hackasizlak 1
Hey_Its_Roomie 1
HideNZeke 1 This team is still throwing a lot of red flags but I'm not going to dethrone them on a ranked win. My gut says Georgia and Miami are better, but I'll give it another week
IAmAChemicalEngineer 1
JamoRedhead 1
jjjoebox 1
jmac_21 1
joebob431 1
jonstark19 1
jrich960608 1 For the second week in row I’d like to start with Texas has only looked like a complete #1 team in the country for 1 quarter total. Their defense has all the potential and performance of being #1, but the offense needs to start being consistent before they start losing. I’m not sure what it is with Manning, but he’s very up and down, though many fail to point out the offensive line isn’t doing him any favors. They are back to #1 due to resume after the Ole Miss Massacre, but they can lose it just as easily as they lost it the last time if they continue to perform the way they have.
jrluhn 1
JustAManAndHisLaptop 1
Justanother_0 1
JustinMSU21 1
justsaynotoreddit 1
kflinderman 1
KJdkaslknv 1
Klaassy23 1
laprasrules 1
Laschoni 1
Lefunnymaymays4lief 1 (-) Horns defense continues to look violent and aggressive. Vols are solid defensively themselves; still though, Cam Coleman has not looked great and Smothers’ absence was felt in the rushing game despite a pretty good performance from Brown. All they need is consistency at those skill positions (and some better discipline on all 22) and they’re off to the races
Lex_Ludorum 1
LiptonCB 1
Longvols 1
MADBuc49 1 +0. Would be the #1 playoff seed in this scenario, playing the winner of #8 Indiana/#9 Ole Miss in the Orange Bowl
MahjongDaily 1
MainPeanut25 1
ManiacalBlazer 1
mcdsmaster8824 1
mellolizard 1
MemeofMemeJTG999999 1 (4-0) (no change)
W: 20-17 @ #11 Tennessee (3-1)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Cotton Bowl vs Florida/Texas Tech
monkeymatt1836 1
MrTheSpork 1
nbingham196 1
nemoran 1
nin478 1
noahthearc 1
noodlethebear 1
NotSoSuperNerd 1 2.419 [10.10-1.90]
Noy_Telinu 1 Yeah, just has the best wins in CFB, they have to be on top now
NyquillusDillwad20 1
OKgolfer 1
Our-Gardian-Angel 1
PattyKane16 1
PeteyNice 1
pileatedloon 1
PlactusTX 1 LW: 1 | Tier 1 (no change) | W Tennessee

Texas remains the most tested team in this top tier.
plannedsickdays 1
Pollaski 1
PSUMediaPA 1
Pure_Protein_Machine 1
Pyromania1983 1
RedBarracuda25 1
redrumsoxLoL 1 While it wasn't the cleanest win, taking down another ranked opponent in Tennessee keeps them at the top of the list. There can be discussion on if the Horns are the true best team in the country, but they without a doubt have the strongest resume at this point in the season with wins two ranked wins and two wins against quality mid-major opponents, UTSA and Texas State.
redwave2505 1
RegionalBias 1
retnuh101 1
RheagarTargaryen 1
RJEP22 1
RobertNeyland 1
RollWarTideEagle 1
romulusjsp 1
royrules22 1
Ruhrgebietheld 1
ruwisc 1
scronko 1
SCsprinter13 1
shifty1032231 1
Shion314 1
sickmemes48 1
skuhlke 1
smartkeg 1
Sometimeswelose 1
SpadeRyker 1
spmartin1993 1
sroach91 1
srs_house 1
SteemieRayVaughn 1
StFuzzySlippers 1
Striker743 1 Up 2
strikersteve60 1
SufferingfOrLife 1
SwissArmyScythe 1 -- (Change from my ranking last week)
T-nawtical 1
T-Thugs 1 Texas is my #1 team with two really impressive wins over Ohio State (3-1) and Tennessee (3-1).
Tarmacked 1 No change - Some will want to move them due to the close score but Texas effectively dominated Faizon and his line the entire game.
TaylorLeprechaun 1 +0
tdeff19 1
TDenverFan 1
the_neverdoctor 1
TheNSAAgent777 1
TheReformedBadger 1
TheZachster 1
thomasosu 1
TimeBroken 1
titansfan174 1
tjstanley 1
tks231 1
TolkienFan71 1
tomdawg0022 1
Tornadohunter24 1 [4-0, 1-0 SEC] (+1) | SOR: #1 | Notable Results: W 24-23 vs #12 Ohio State [3-1], W 20-17 @ #HM/DO Tennessee [3-1] |

I have no idea what to make of this Texas team. By resume, they are the best team in the country. Their defense is stellar. Special teams (when not hampered by refball) has been delivering. Their offense, on the other hand, looks lackluster and hasn't really found a high gear to shift into at any point, barring the 4th Quarter vs Ohio State. Nonetheless, with Ole Miss suffering a beatdown in the Swamp, they're back to #1. Hopefully, they can use that bye to gain some synergy, because defense alone can only carry you so far (but man, what a defense).
TossedRightOut 1
udderlymoovelous 1
Versigot 1 Went into Rocky Top and won, finally an impressive enough win to move them from my #2 spot to #1 over Indiana.
WarEagle9 1
Wescat 1
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 1 (=)
Zef_Apollo 1
Zloggt 1
12panther 2
52hoova 2
_fastball 2
Cecil_Hardboner 2
ColombianInIowa24 2 10.21 - Win over Tennessee is good, but not nearly as good as the transitives of Florida, with Ohio State still being judged poorly without real competition outside of Texas. Confident in ranked status.
Conn3er 2
Corgi_Koala 2
Corporal_Hicks 2
cyberchaox 2 Win over Ohio State still holds weight.
dabul-master 2
diehardcubforever 2
GoBlueScrewOSU7 2
Helifino 2
HieloLuz 2 Texas is the only other team with 3 quality wins. These being Ohio State |4|, UTSA |4|, and Tennessee |4|.

Bu
Hobbes_121 2
IceColdDrPepper_Here 2 The defense is legit, but Arch is not progressing. He's had 6 road starts and is 3-3. The losses to Ohio State and Georgia last year are at least understandable, but that Florida team was bad bad. And then his 3 wins have come by a combined 13 points with 2 games that went to OT and another that came down to a Hail Mary attempt. Unless Arch can get it going, I think Texas is going to waste this phenomenal defense
Inkblot9 2
Jakesnake42 2 Clearly best resume in ball so adding a win @ the other UT. Last Week: #2
jalexjsmithj 2 Ohio st win speaks for itself, as does Tennessee. Offense has some questions but that defense is becoming unquestionable from havoc perspective.
Jay_Dubbbs 2
Jerrywelfare 2
KansasEF5Tornado 2
Luigiatl 2
malowry0124 2
Muffinnnnnnn 2
Polarbear1914 2
realclean 2
Red261 2
RiffRamBahZoo 2
ryseing 2
samspopguy 2
sgtshenanigans 2 Their two big wins are better than any other in college football. Haven’t always looked good but at the end of the day they find ways to win and wins matter.
ShogunAshoka 2
SIMBONEGTP 2
sirvalkyerie 2
SlaminSammons 2
soonerfreak 2
spsellers 2
Staind075 2
studio_sally 2
texas2089 2
ThaCarter 2
TheUltimate721 2 That was an ugly win that left a lot of longhorn fans feeling unsatisfied, and rightfully so. I don't believe Texas ever trailed in this game, but they never took command in a way that you would expect due to offensive miscues. Add on a litany of special teams issues, and they very nearly lost this game to Tennessee that they had been controlling for well over 90% of it.
ToeInDigDeep 2
TopGoose 2
twitter_paulbd 2 1195 | 4-0
udubdavid 2
UNC_Samurai 2
VerySeriousBanana 2
visor841 2
w8w8 2
aggiebruin27 3
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 3
arbadak 3 .851 rating, 4-0, SOS .680 (+6)
Blazeth 3
BUSean 3
chweris 3
Conglossian 3 -1
CPiGuy2728 3
CptCheese 3
CRedds19 3
DisraeliEers 3
halldaylong 3
hascogrande 3
HelioOne 3
MemeLovingLoser 3 Score 90.91 (▼ 0.23) | Place Change: ▼ 1 | Previous Rank: 2nd | Wins Composite Rank: 1st | SoS Composite Rank: 1st | Margin of Victory Rank: 26th | Penalties Composite Rank: 76th | Yardage Composite Rank: 32nd | Turnover Composite Rank: 70th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 27th | Other Stats Rank: 73rd
Player_1_has_Joined 3
Rcfan0902 3 827.00 (+3)
roguebandit1 3
sirgippy 3 GippyRank expected rank: 5.6. Central 80% interval: 2–11. Top-25 probability: 99.5%.
Techwid 3
Texasagsman 3
TouchdownHeroes 3
True_Ad5324 3 Little shaky but have the best win
Xtremeloco 3
Xy13 3 [4-0] (20-17 W @ Tenn)
2 P4 Wins
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2 big wins but barely. *Pisses on opponent*
bakonydraco 4 89.400
Bereft13 4 Power: 6, SoR: 1; LW: 1
Darth_Ra 4
Drexlore 4
fourpinz8 4
hypercube42342 4
ikindalikelemons 4
JBonkies 4
JeromesNiece 4
jimbobbypaul 4
mthompson2320 4 LW: 3
olmsted 4
one98d 4
Pikachu1989 4
placid_salad 4 LW: #5
r0sco 4
Rakarei 4
Roscoe_Filburn 4 Very phallic performance from these guys last week.
seaotter2 4
velociraptorfarmer 4
ExternalTangents 5 Overall +31.4; offense +10.3 (17th), defense -21.1 (1st)
Hugefootballfan44 5 LW: 5
jrichardh 5
SearonTrejorek 5
spasm01 5
stripes361 5
tdoger 5
The-Gothic-Castle 5
ChBass 6 The best defense in cfb held just enough and pressured the QB just enough to make up for a mid-tier offense.
jbowen1 6 2132.21 (-1)
manbeardawg 6 2
Noelthemexican 6
Terminal_BAS 6
zenverak 6
infinitempg 7 0.945
owlalwaysloveyew 7
Stoneador 7
jthomas694 8
Maladroit44 9
BuckeyeForLife95 16 (1+0.69) X (33.25/13.25) X (378.5/271) = 5.91
Charlemagne42 16 Adjustment: 47.8%
BlueSCar 22

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
538allspelledout 1
666PeaceKeepaGirl 1
70277027 1
_Junk_Rat_ 1
_THE__BOULDER_ 1 Texas really should have won this game against Tennessee by more, but shot themselves in the foot and allowed this game to finish much closer than it should have. Their offense has not been entirely clicking and needs to become more cohesive. RB play wasn't great, with Texas only having 61 yards rushing, and it looked like Smothers was sorely missed. While Arch did have 200 yards passing this game, he threw for no touchdowns and an interception. An interception and 7 punts is not going to be enough to win it all. That being said, Texas is a contender for the best defense in the nation. Will Muschamp has those boys playing some lights out defensive football. TEN SACKS. This defense will allow the offense to find itself and, if last year is any indication, Texas likely will find itself. After wins over OSU at home and Tennessee in Knoxville, Texas does combine for the two best wins in the nation, leaving them in first place, but they need to become more consistent on offense if they want to stay there.
AoA_nB1 1 Did their job for 55 minutes, avoided the collapse
ArlyntheAwesome 1
beckett929 1
bigian52 1
Blazemaster77 1
BoilerUp28 1
bruhstevenson 1
CaptainSpaceYeti 1
ChiTrojan2 1
Crelc3 1
d1sportsball 1 Controlled the game vs Tennessee despite score, got hurt by a illegal onside kick
Dawg-Bite 1
DesignerClub1887 1
divey043 1
dstrainr 1
EdselFordEdsel 1
Esb5415 1
Flaky_Bit6733 1
fm22fnam 1 +0
FoodCourtDruid 1
FuzzyDunlop911 1
GenuineBoss 1
geordieColt88 1
gonshpreds1 1
GrimmacingGrinny 1
Hastronaut 1
hbh110 1
HHunko13 1
idnttcrisis 1
Intelligent_Fix_6972 1
Isthmus11 1 4-0, best SoR in the country in my opinion
jackmc04 1 (+1)
JackWK_Gaming 1
Jacob_Sumner 1
jis024 1
josh55134 1
jtchr33 1
jtsmd2 1
jwrtf 1
KansasChaser2021 1
Kareem89086 1
KevinDoesSports 1 It was close with Tennessee but Top 25 matchups within your conference aren't supposed to be easy, they stay number 1, for now.
Kyrosiv 1
Lucaball3r 1
m3owzika 1 Still listed as #1, respecting wins against Ohio St and Tennessee
manbeqrpig 1
meristematic 1
Midnight-Mustang 1
Milflover69cbb 1 Best win and now 2 top tier wins
Best dline since 2017 Clemson
Minnesnowtaaa 1
MisguidedPassion 1 Road win is a road win. No reason to unseat the top spot.
Mission_Pay_3373 1
MotherQuocer 1
MyAngelMiraidon 1 E - Even if it was close, they have two ranked wins
National-Sundae9427 1
NC_Pineapple 1
Nervous_Metal_9445 1 +0
New_Prior2253 1
newSomberMan 1
Noahsince2002 1
NoOutdoorSoup 1
OG_Felwinter 1
ogsmurf826 1
Ok_Boysenberry716 1
Perryapsis 1 Indiana finally yields #1 after their performance vs. Northwestern
PersianGuitarist 1
Piptit 1
pongislame 1 4-0 | W 24-23 vs. 1 Ohio State; W 20-17 @ 14 Tennessee
PsychologicalFox8660 1
Pure-Shirt-5831 1
quantum_jedi 1 (66.13, +0) Another big win for the Longhorns, this time on the road in Knoxville. Honestly, Texas hasn't looked that good in any of their games but they are 4-0 with two of the, currently, best looking wins in the sport.
ResearchFlaky5912 1 Despite looking questionable against Tennessee, I'm a firm believer that #1 should stay #1 unless proven otherwise. Also has the best win in the country, and Tennessee not a bad team itself.
Rishik01 1
RJTrey 1
S2OP 1 (-)
S3G 1
SaguaroCactus19 1
Salmon-Dude 1
samtaylor92 1
saquad69 1
Select-Edge-3262 1
Sflabuckeye13 1
shouldajustsaid_yeah 1
Signal_Tip_7428 1
SignificanceFirm2398 1
Small_Company_5697 1
Spazzatack 1
SpectralHydra 1
SportsCat4 1
tbraptors 1
the_lost_carrot 1
The_Stratman 1
TheBeekman8 1
thehornedlamb 1
Tortillero96 1 W (4-0) A +3 vs Tennessee (15)
W (3-0) H +24 vs UTSA (unranked)
W (2-0) H +1 vs Ohio State (1)
W (1-0) H +52 vs Texas State (unranked)
TyRoland06 1
ValarMorghulis_17 1
WBLwiffleball 1
Yechibaby09 1
Yelich04 1 - (Best resume including two wins over teams I believe to be very very good, though by eye test and gut feel I don't think they are the actual best team.)
1Subject 2
69nicer 2
AliceisStoned 2
bocnj 2
bolts_win_again 2
buccaneerboy22 2
DarthGlazer 2 best actual resume
dawgfan24348 2
dee3Poh 2 .970 (.06 StDev)
DownshiftGD 2
EL-YEO 2
Ethanol-Muffins 2
hiiightide 2
ianmcmoney 2
irishspring4521 2
jibberishdhyukl 2
Kirkwood641 2
Klightgrove 2
LightningDusty 2 =
loneSTAR_06 2
LonghornInNebraska 2
Menktenk 2
MWiatrak2077 2
myworld3 2
NebraskaPlainsman 2
noah_divine 2 My current national champion pick.
owl-bears 2
Protoco2 2
Real-Plant-5722 2 Feels like they're actually the best team in the country.
SomerandomIDFBfan 2
spaceblev11 2
Tch267702 2
ted1995 2
thatoneguyD13 2 Tier 1.
TomorrowFinal6642 2
alexjcode_com 3 959
DillyDillySzn 3
FindGreatness23 3
grahamca 3 T1ˢᵗ W/L, T1ˢᵗ Predicted Wins, 3ʳᵈ Team Strength, 8ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
Impossible-Still-349 3 (-) Onlytenisee failed to lock in
JJones927 3
kevinsdomain 3
Key_Solution_4076 3
logace444444444 3
n8TLfan 3
NA_Faker 3
NNul 3 Texas is beatable, after scares by OhSt and Tenn. Tex > OhSt on head-to-head.
Ok_Significance_3803 3
Repulsive_Rub6443 3
rt13wx 3
Star_Wars_Sith 3
bigred91224 4
Floridamanontherun 4
isrealball 4
LookAtMaxwell 4 It has the best actual results in the top 5, wins over #5 Ohio State and #21 Tennessee, so it beats both in every bracket. But those wins came by 1 and 3 points, so the model rates it a bit lower in simulated games (71% against the top 25). It's alone in tier 3 (*The model assigns tiers to groups of teams by identifying gaps between adjacent ranked teams)
mathwrath55 4
msonar623 4
chief_sitass 5
drewscottt 5
g_trechel 5
penix4heisman 5
Underground_Bread 5
Yamiosum 5
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY 6
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor 6 360
JKess207 6
mr_longfellow_deeds 6
LegionMammal978 8 (+8½) GS .940, TS −53.
sportstrap 8
BeyondLiesTheWub 9 change from last week: 0
CallMeTheKing 11
solarsnail6 11
Rhizical 12
BlueRFR3100 22
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