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2026 Week 7 Texas Longhorns Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
Hey_Its_Roomie	1
bwburke94	2	+13.4570698 (LW: #1)
DampFrijoles	3
fredmerc111	3
Buckeyes2010	4
djowen68	4
EpicSchwinn	4
HieloLuz	4	Texas has the best wins in the country with Ohio State, Tennessee, and UTSA all being quality wins. But the rough loss to Oklahoma knocks them out of the top spot.
pileatedloon	4
seaotter2	4
studio_sally	4
Tarmacked	4	So I struggled here. This comes down to three things 1. Ohio State is probably the most experienced of the three and more consistent. 2. Texas has the best win, and a 2-1 in Sagarin resume. Shaky performances 3. Alabama has the best resume with 3-1 in Sagarin but the youngest core I’d like to do Ohio State, Alabama, Texas in that order but I have to reflect the head to head and it is the best win. Annoying but honestly depending on Tennessee I may flip this back.
TheReformedBadger	4
visor841	4
_fastball	5
BallSoHerd	5
Cassiyus	5
CFBHurts	5
ch1l1_ch33s3	5
ChBass	5	The longhorns offensive woes finally caught up to them in Dallas, and the Oklahoma loss more than erased the Ohio State win. In a world where wins & losses don't matter, this is a #1 team because of the best defense in college football, but wins and losses do matter, so we're at #5.
cinciforthewin	5
DarkLegend64	5
Jakesnake42	5	Red River Rivalry strikes again! Ohio St win gives Texas. a bit of a mulligan here that they didn't have last season. Last Week: #2
MADBuc49	5	-4. Would be the #5 playoff seed in this scenario, hosting #12 Boise State in the first round
MahjongDaily	5
malowry0124	5
MemeofMemeJTG999999	5	(4-1) (down 4) L: 24-27 vs Oklahoma (3-2) (in Dallas) Next Week: vs Florida (4-2) Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Boise State
NotSoSuperNerd	5	2.114 [9.01-2.99]
Polarbear1914	5
RedBarracuda25	5
ruwisc	5
strikersteve60	5
ThaCarter	5
titansfan174	5
TopGoose	5
twitter_paulbd	5	One-Loss BCR owns head to head against Ohio State.
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx	5	(-4)
0010MK	6
AlexanderComet	6
BearsAreGreat1	6
brucewaynewins	6
Cecil_Hardboner	6
ChemicalOle	6
Chipsahoy523	6	-5
Colton3690	6
daredassdude	6
dschinghiskhan	6
dubscurry30	6	-5
ExternalTangents	6	Overall +27.1; offense +10.7 (16th), defense -16.4 (1st)
frone	6
Hackasizlak	6
HelioOne	6
JeromesNiece	6
Jerrywelfare	6
jonstark19	6
JustinMSU21	6
justsaynotoreddit	6
laprasrules	6
Longvols	6
penisthightrap_	6
PSUMediaPA	6
Pure_Protein_Machine	6
r0sco	6
redwave2505	6
RegionalBias	6
RobertNeyland	6
samspopguy	6
skuhlke	6
Sometimeswelose	6
Striker743	6	Down 5 - lost close game to rival, still beat #7
SwissArmyScythe	6	-5
TaylorLeprechaun	6	-5
TDenverFan	6
texas2089	6
TheUltimate721	6	And there goes the other shoe for Texas. What a disasterous fourth quarter by Arch. The only way that doesn't at least go to overtime for Texas is if Arch did exactly what he did and turns the ball over. People have been pointing out strength of resume for Texas but I feel like that's a bit misleading because their best two wins were pretty shakey. Like I did not come out of the OSU game going "Oh yeah Texas is clearly the better team." they really just outlasted OSU. I feel much more confident in Ohio State down the stretch with what has been shown which is why I have them above Texas despite the h2h.
TheZachster	6
thomasosu	6
WarEagle9	6
Xtremeloco	6
Zloggt	6	Maybe I'm being too kind to the Longhorns...but I guess the win over Ohio State softens the blow that the Oklahoma loss delivers?
52hoova	7
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_	7
Acm0028	7
AJ_CC	7
AlphaH4wk	7
ALStark69	7	-6; lmao what was that
Bank_Gothic	7
bannista7	7
BendrickLamar19	7
bernkastel87	7
Blooblod	7
BorisNumber1	7
boxbeat	7
ChaseTheFalcon	7
conchobor	7
DavoinShower-handle	7
e8odie	7
elnino550	7	As much as it is tempting to respect Texas' head to head over Ohio State, the loss over Oklahoma along with the offensive performances through each game is enough for them to be at the bottom of the top-tier of teams.
flyingcircusdog	7
frumious88	7
GoBlueScrewOSU7	7
HideNZeke	7
hypercube42342	7	Power 8 / Resume 9
Jay_Dubbbs	7
jbowen1	7
jjjoebox	7
jthomas694	7
JustAManAndHisLaptop	7
kflinderman	7
Klaassy23	7
luckroy	7
MemeLovingLoser	7	Score 80.06 (▼ 10.90) | Place Change: ▼ 4 | Previous Rank: 3rd | Wins Composite Rank: 14th | SoS Composite Rank: 2nd | Margin of Victory Rank: 28th | Penalties Composite Rank: 86th | Yardage Composite Rank: 29th | Turnover Composite Rank: 92nd | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 39th | Other Stats Rank: 105th
nbingham196	7
nemoran	7
noodlethebear	7
Our-Gardian-Angel	7
PlactusTX	7	LW: 1 | Tier 2 | L Oklahoma
Player_1_has_Joined	7
Pollaski	7
RheagarTargaryen	7
romulusjsp	7
SCsprinter13	7
Shion314	7
sroach91	7
SteemieRayVaughn	7
SufferingfOrLife	7
The-Gothic-Castle	7
Tornadohunter24	7	(-6)
TossedRightOut	7
TouchdownHeroes	7
True_Ad5324	7	Down 4
Wescat	7
Xy13	7
Zef_Apollo	7	I want to drop them further, honestly. I think they have an A defense and a C offense. Arch is overrated and a liability. None of the weapons on this team are being used effectively despite Cam Coleman finally having a breakout game. Texas is truly on a razors edge right now. They will continue to benefit from OSU the rest of the season but it's very possible that Oklahoma as a loss looks worse over time and they can't get credit for the Tennessee win if they keep losing. Florida is in a tail spin and this may be a scary team to face when Texas is struggling to find any identity.
Blazeth	8
bretticus733	8
COLU_BUS	8
digdat0	8	8. Texas — Score: 0.209 | Results: 1.108, SOS Rank: #3, Quality: 0.198, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 1, T25W: 1, T50W: 3, Off Rk: #43, Def Rk: #5
DisraeliEers	8
ehoefler	8	87.14 | -6
Euphoric_Relative_13	8
Fmeson	8
GenialGiant	8
hascogrande	8
Helifino	8
JamoRedhead	8
jmac_21	8
Lex_Ludorum	8
MainPeanut25	8	Of course they lost
ManiacalBlazer	8	82.167, (4-1). Scoring ability rated below everyone ahead of them. Second best scoring prevention overall.
mthompson2320	8
nin478	8
Noelthemexican	8
owlalwaysloveyew	8
PattyKane16	8
PeteyNice	8
placid_salad	8	LW: #1
RiffRamBahZoo	8
RollWarTideEagle	8
Roscoe_Filburn	8	The Red River Rivalry is always weird and never disappoints. While that loss was bad, wins over Ohio State and Tennessee keep them in the Top 10.
sickmemes48	8
smartkeg	8	Still owns the Ohio State win and the Tennessee win, but the Oklahoma loss is a serious blemish and exposed gaps in this squad.
T-Thugs	8	Texas is 4-1 with nice wins over Ohio State (5-1, beat Iowa) and Tennessee (5-1). Lost to Oklahoma (3-2).
tdeff19	8
Texasagsman	8
TimeBroken	8
udderlymoovelous	8
UNC_Samurai	8
12panther	9
Bereft13	9	Power: 9, SoR: 9; LW: 6
blahblehblahwhoru	9
Chris-P-Creme	9
Conglossian	9	-6
DarthYoda2594	9	Even though they haven't looked any good in weeks, and this is an inexcusable loss, they still have the best win in college football this year. On thin ice though.
fshi	9
galacticdude7	9	Predicted Record: 11-1 Losses: Oklahoma (24-27) Comment: Tough rivalry game loss stings, but I don't think it's indicative of anything all that concerning for the Longhorns. At a certain point you have to just accept a result as being an upset, otherwise you'd have to follow the chain of results to the point where you're entertaining the idea that Purdue is a better team than Texas, which is absurd.
jalexjsmithj	9	A: 9 C: 8 T: 8.8
jimbobbypaul	9
Lefunnymaymays4lief	9	(-8) RRR is one of those games you just can’t predict exactly what will happen, but OU looked utterly lifeless before this game. Making John Mateer look not just clutch but way more clutch than your hyped up QB with football royalty in his blood is just a horrible look. An utter collapse in all facets of the game. They certainly have the potential to turn it around and start playing consistent football, I just need to actually see it; they’re not gonna get away with being carried by one quarter of football
mcdsmaster8824	9
Muffinnnnnnn	9
Noy_Telinu	9	Arch Manning got the Eli DERP in him
OKgolfer	9
plannedsickdays	9
Pyromania1983	9
SearonTrejorek	9	0.80425
shifty1032231	9
sirgippy	9	GippyRank expected rank: 6.4. Central 80% interval: 2–13. Top-25 probability: 99.4%.
Staind075	9
T-nawtical	9
TolkienFan71	9
tomdawg0022	9
BananaBouquet	10
bladefencer	10	0.893, -8, Pow: 6, Off: 22, Def: 1, SOR: 11
BUSean	10
Ch-i-ef	10	Tanking your value so you don't go to the Browns or Jets, I like the headspace here
chweris	10
CommodoreN7	10
Corgi_Koala	10
corundum9	10
CPiGuy2728	10
CRedds19	10
dabul-master	10
Daigotsu	10
diehardcubforever	10
douchebagjack	10	Best 3 Wins: Ohio State, Tennessee, Texas State. 1 Losses: Oklahoma. Rivalry loss. But still a loss. Oklahoma is not good. Don't let this be like the Florida loss last year. tier 2a: Bama, Texas, & tOSU are all 1-loss teams with great losses or Texas owns H2H v tOSU. So Texas > tOSU, and UGA > OU, so Bama > Texas > tOSU
Drexlore	10
ewolfy13	10
GatorBolt	10
grey_pilgrim_	10
Hobbes_121	10
Hugefootballfan44	10	LW: 8
Inkblot9	10
JBonkies	10
joebob431	10
Justanother_0	10	Not only did they give up the first touchdown to Oklahoma since the Big XII days, the Longhorns went and blew it entirely against the worst Oklahoma team of the 2020's.
LiptonCB	10
mellolizard	10
one98d	10
owl_man	10
Pablo49	10	1032
Pikachu1989	10
Rakarei	10
Red261	10
royrules22	10
sgtshenanigans	10	I know Texas and Oklahoma go all out for the Red River Shootout but Texas looks fraudulent when they are losing to Oklahoma. Arch Manning throws three touchdowns sure but also throws two devastating pics. Arch might still end up being the first pick of the NFL draft but I don’t think he’s that guy.
soonerfreak	10
ToeInDigDeep	10	4-1; loss to unranked Oklahoma; win over Ohio State
Bill3ffinMurray	11
BlueSCar	11
BoukenGreen	11
CambodianDrywall	11
CptCheese	11
cyclonepsycho	11
deadtofall12	11
GeauxTri	11	Elite wins over Ohio State and at Tennessee; only loss came narrowly at Oklahoma.
IceColdDrPepper_Here	11	Arch has not developed at all and that’s on Sark
ikindalikelemons	11
jrichardh	11
KJdkaslknv	11
Maladroit44	11	Cassandra, of Greek mythology, was cursed with the gift of foretelling the future but never being believed. Certain teams make me feel that way, and Texas is one of them. All three seasons the Longhorns have been in the SEC, they've been ranked #1 in September. The 2024 team wasn't bad, but lost three times to the two best teams they played; the 2025 team didn't even make the playoff; and now the 2026 team looks like a bit of a paper tiger too. I can't blame people for seeing the championship potential here, but one of these years, Texas needs to earn their spot at the top before we start calling them the best team in football. Most of this team wasn't born the last time they were *actually* that good.
noahthearc	11
NyquillusDillwad20	11
RJEP22	11
ryseing	11
sirvalkyerie	11
SlaminSammons	11
spmartin1993	11
spsellers	11
vanburen1845	11
velociraptorfarmer	11
bakonydraco	12	87.890
Darth_Ra	12
Doogitywoogity	12	After a few struggling weeks they couldn’t get it done vs a floundering OU. The Manning train is not running smoothly at the moment, but luckily Florida next week has no secondary so that should help him get his head right and ego back up. That can’t go badly.
eSpiritCorpse	12
grjohnst	12
grtgbln	12
KansasEF5Tornado	12
Luigiatl	12
monkeymatt1836	12
Mr_Brews	12
retnuh101	12
Ruhrgebietheld	12
srs_house	12
Techwid	12
A_Rolling_Baneling	13
arbadak	13	.800 rating, 4-1, SOS .690 (-9)
ColombianInIowa24	13	28.22 - Nice job, Manning.
Dropbackandpunt	13
Keener1899	13
ShogunAshoka	13
SIMBONEGTP	13
SpadeRyker	13
Terminal_BAS	13
BosskOnASegway	14	1891.3 -> 1822.6 [-68.7] (#5 -> #14)
dukemetoo	14
StFuzzySlippers	14	Not sure what to do with them to be honest. They still have two ranked wins, and they arguably outperformed Oklahoma on the whole, but they do seem to be trending downwards as the season goes on. Was week 1 their peak?
tks231	14
BuckeyeForLife95	15	4.22
budget_um	15	Rivalry, so not indexing too much, especially given the Ohio State win. But that's a bad Oklahoma team that just put up 27 on them. Watch this space
nw____	15	The defense is unreal, but Arch’s mix of 20% unbelievable throws/50% OK throws/30% boneheaded, stupid, no good, bad, terrible throws is hurting them.
olmsted	15
Stoneador	15	90 | 12 | 77
chillmagic420	16
hythloday1	16
OldCoaly	16
Casaiir	17
cvsprinter1	17	1-loss
Rcfan0902	17	872.38 (-12)
IAmAChemicalEngineer	19
manbeardawg	19
G-Aardvark	20
Charlemagne42	21	Adjustment: 34.5%
TheNSAAgent777	21
w8w8	23
aggiebruin27	25

Provisional Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
Tortillero96	3	-2 L (4-1) A -3 vs Oklahoma (unranked) 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)
AMETSFAN	4
Klightgrove	4
m3owzika	4
myworld3	4
S2OP	4	(-3)
The_Stratman	4
ThompsonCreekTiger	4
bendyburner	5
BigGamesShouldCount	5
Blazemaster77	5
ChiTrojan2	5
d1sportsball	5	I absolutely hate to do this. Texas is NOT the #5 team in the country, but I can't punish OSU for playing 1 bad quarter of football while Texas played 1 perfect quarter of football. Its gonna take a lot of wins for Texas to rise any higher, and if OSU loses this week then Texas may end up dropping into the teens even if they perform well vs Florida.
DillyDillySzn	5
geordieColt88	5
Impossible-Still-349	5	(-2)
jis024	5
KansasChaser2021	5
NC_Pineapple	5
Noahsince2002	5
Piptit	5
Rishik01	5
samtaylor92	5
SignificanceFirm2398	5
tbraptors	5	Still #5 after a very bad loss given their wins over Ohio St and Tennessee
TheBeekman8	5
WBLwiffleball	5
ArlyntheAwesome	6
beckett929	6
BeyondLiesTheWub	6	change from last week: +2
BoilerUp28	6
bruhstevenson	6
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY	6
Dawg-Bite	6
divey043	6
Effective-Lead-6657	6	(1) Texas should not have lost the game. The Horns still have one of the best wins of the season, so they stick around at #6.
Esb5415	6
Flaky_Bit6733	6
FoodCourtDruid	6
FuzzyDunlop911	6
HHunko13	6
jtchr33	6	What a crazy last 2+ minutes of that game. Kind of reminds me of their win over OSU.
jtsmd2	6
KevinDoesSports	6	A big loss to Oklahoma. Their win against Ohio State is enough to keep them Top 10, but Arch Manning did not look good in the Cotton Bowl. Texas is also about to play five AP ranked opponents in their next five games, they need to figure out their problems before the season comes apart.
LightningDusty	6	↓4
manbeqrpig	6
Mossed26	6
ndbfsu22	6
NebraskaPlainsman	6
newSomberMan	6
NNul	6
OG_Felwinter	6
PsychologicalFox8660	6
Pyroblockx	6
saquad69	6
Scottyfer	6
SportsCat4	6
ted1995	6
thatoneguyD13	6	Tier 2. Not a great loss but still the second best win in the country.
1Subject	7
70277027	7
AoA_nB1	7	We’re one bad second half against the Buckeyes away from having difficult conversations about the Longhorns. Losing Red River isn’t ideal, but rivalry games always have a way of evening the playing field.
dee3Poh	7	.770
EL-YEO	7
GDSamstag	7
gonshpreds1	7
huntmant	7
ianmcmoney	7	51.80%
idnttcrisis	7
isrealball	7
leadbymight	7
maxwell6233	7
Menktenk	7
meta_irl	7
Nath0leon	7	-1 after close loss to Oklahoma. SOR went from #1 to #7 (OSU win still doing lots of work).
PersianGuitarist	7
pongislame	7
PrideSax711	7
quantum_jedi	7	(59.10, -4) Ouch, that was a bad loss. The Texas play calling and offensive line play need to get figured out soon if Texas hopes to compete with the better teams in the SEC.
RJTrey	7
Scruggerboy	7
SomerandomIDFBfan	7
spaceblev11	7
TheCryptPartDeux	7
Yelich04	7	v6
2AcesRoth	8	net elo off def ridge fei conf +16.5 +17.2 34.4 17.3 +19.7 +12.6 SEC
666PeaceKeepaGirl	8
Applesaucemannus	8	Their offense is inept its like watching the Texans last year. Win to OSU only thing they’re clinging to. Loss to OU is only excusable bc rivalry.
chief_sitass	8
DCorNothing	8
drewscottt	8	-3
FrontRunner51	8	(-4)
gohncell	8
Isthmus11	8	4-1, finally lost the close game against OK instead of pulling out the miracle win. This defense is elite, Arch needs to play better (and I do not know if he can) for this team to be a legit natty contender. This Oklahoma team is not good and I do not think Tennessee was either, more and more I think the OSU win was more about them collapsing than Texas playing well on offense
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor	8	324
jibberishdhyukl	8
JJones927	8
josh55134	8
loneSTAR_06	8
mathwrath55	8	The model was never that low on Oklahoma, they lost close, and they still have that win over OSU
meristematic	8
NoOutdoorSoup	8
Pure-Shirt-5831	8
RowDull8230	8
TomorrowFinal6642	8
bigred91224	9
bocnj	9
dstrainr	9
Express_Dinner7918	9	Also not a big fan of this placement, but can’t justify taking a #1 team out of the top 10 based on a last minute loss.
FindGreatness23	9
kennethbring	9
LegendParkour	9
MyAngelMiraidon	9	-8 - lmao you actually let Oklahoma have offence in seriousness they stay over Texas tech due to Ohio state and Tennessee wins
ninjatown23	9	Texas loses a stinker of a game to OU on a neutral field. This team just showed us what the floor is. Special teams mishaps and poor offensive decision-making (coach/QB) cost them the win. In spite of this, they lost on a last second FG. Texas is a top-10 team with potential to be a championship contender… IF they can figure things out on the offensive side of the ball.
Ok_Boysenberry716	9
Ok_Significance_3803	9
ResearchFlaky5912	9	Dropping to #9 after a loss. Win against Tennessee keeps them higher than the Vols. I am not faulting them too much for the loss because it was an away rivalry game, but Texas has not looked very good in recent weeks.
Select-Edge-3262	9	-8
SonOfGarry	9
SpectralHydra	9
sportstrap	9
_THE__BOULDER_	10	Arch Manning is feast or famine. And that's not even just from game to game. It seems that, sometimes, this occurs from drive to drive. The Interception followed immediately by a touchdown drive was a good example of that. But then a couple drives later threw another pick. Granted, he did put them into position to kick a long field goal, but it missed from 53 yards out. After forcing a 3 and out, he gave Oklahoma the ball with good field position, allowing the Sooners to win it with a walk off field goal. The defense is great. They did exactly what they needed to do. The offense and special teams are where they lost the game, as Oklahoma had also scored off a blocked punt which they returned for a TD.
DarthGlazer	10	once they play "like-talent" they can't compete. They got lucky vs OSU and it showed today.
DownshiftGD	10
Fluid_Theory_6587	10
Hastronaut	10
HokiPoqi	10
JackWK_Gaming	10
jwrtf	10
n8TLfan	10
Original_Profile8600	10
Repulsive_Rub6443	10
thehornedlamb	10
fm22fnam	11	-10
hbh110	11
Living_Human	11	78.01
Lucaball3r	11
mathmanhale	11
ogsmurf826	11
Protoco2	11
SaguaroCactus19	11
Spazzatack	11
alexjcode_com	12	797
Intelligent_Fix_6972	12
jackmc04	12	(-11)
kevinsdomain	12
Kirkwood641	12
Sflabuckeye13	12
Star_Wars_Sith	12
GrimmacingGrinny	13
rt13wx	13
TyRoland06	13
buccaneerboy22	14
Salmon-Dude	14
CallMeTheKing	15	101-11-25
National-Sundae9427	15	Outside of one quarter this season, Texas looks about as good as Oregon. Only difference is Oregon played a tougher OOC schedule. They really should be outside the top 25 but Ohio State felt like choking.
Nervous_Metal_9445	16	Oklahoma is #44
wittingtarsier	16
owl-bears	17
jmdinbtr	18
LegionMammal978	18	[T17.] (−16) GS .875, TS −225: 100% #17 Ohio State = 100% #17 Oklahoma.
logace444444444	19	Rivalry game loss. Deserve to drop but hard to completely remove from rankings due to rivalry loss
Yamiosum	19
NonZero-Chance	20
bryophyta_insolitam	22
grahamca	22	T27ᵗʰ W/L, T21ˢᵗ Predicted Wins, 16ᵗʰ Team Strength, 14ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
NA_Faker	22
g_trechel	23

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