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2026 Week 9 Texas Longhorns Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
digdat0 2 2. Texas — Score: 0.237 | Results: 0.859, SOS Rank: #1, Quality: 0.256, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 1, T25W: 3, T50W: 4, Off Rk: #41, Def Rk: #14
Inkblot9 2
0010MK 3
hypercube42342 3 The power ranking model has them lower but the resume model likes their big wins, I think.
ruwisc 3 LW: 9
bwburke94 4 +10.3039739 (LW: #7)
cfbguy 5
ColombianInIowa24 5 23.53 - Longhorns catapult around the rankings with the Ole Miss and Ohio State win playing devil's advocate to the Florida and Oklahoma losses. (Two losses).
Pablo49 5 1226
Stoneador 5 8 | 20 | 81
CPiGuy2728 6
COLU_BUS 7
dabul-master 7
DataDrivenPirate 7
jbowen1 7 2073.58 (+4)
jimbobbypaul 7
NotSoSuperNerd 7 2.004 [8.45-3.55]
Chipsahoy523 8 +6
Fmeson 8
JeromesNiece 8
mthompson2320 8 LW: 13
r0sco 8
sirgippy 8 GippyRank expected rank: 6.3. Central 80% interval: 2–12. Top-25 probability: 99.7%.
TheZachster 8
TouchdownHeroes 8
ChBass 9 Adding the Ole Miss win to Tennessee & Ohio State almost exactly offsets the OU & Florida losses. They still have the best defense in cfb.
DampFrijoles 9
ehoefler 9 89.89 | +11
Hackasizlak 9
Jay_Dubbbs 9
kflinderman 9
Klaassy23 9
MADBuc49 9 +15. Would be the #9 playoff seed in this scenario, playing at #8 Notre Dame in the first round
Noelthemexican 9
Player_1_has_Joined 9
redrumsoxLoL 9 Texas moves back into my Top 10 after beating Ole Miss. Their very strong first half allowed them to close out the game and claim another ranked victory.
SearonTrejorek 9 0.78884
Striker743 9 Up 1 - beat #15, wins vs #2 and at #14, losses to rival and #21
stripes361 9
studio_sally 9
TheReformedBadger 9
TimeBroken 9
AlphaH4wk 10
bakonydraco 10 88.371 (5-2)
Bereft13 10 Power: 12, SoR: 9; LW: 14
bladefencer 10 0.902, +5, Pow: 6, Off: 16, Def: 2, SOR: 10
BosskOnASegway 10 1786.1 -> 1813.5 [+27.4] (#16 -> #10)
cyberchaox 10
Darth_Ra 10
elnino550 10
Jakesnake42 10 Big win to get back some momentum beating Ole Miss. Crazy amount of ranked wins so far makes this a Top 10 team even with 2 losses. Last Week: #13
KansasEF5Tornado 10
Lex_Ludorum 10
ManiacalBlazer 10 79.587 (5-2) +7, +2.084 34-27 win over Ole Miss
roguebandit1 10
RollWarTideEagle 10
seaotter2 10
Wescat 10
ya111101 10
Acm0028 11
bannista7 11
BearsAreGreat1 11
boxbeat 11
bretticus733 11
brucewaynewins 11
Conn3er 11
DavoinShower-handle 11
dubscurry30 11 +6
eSpiritCorpse 11
ExternalTangents 11 72.6%
flyingcircusdog 11
GeauxTri 11 5-2. Owns elite wins over Ohio State and Tennessee and added a major 34-27 win over Ole Miss. Losses to Oklahoma and Florida prevent a higher ranking.
GenialGiant 11
grey_pilgrim_ 11
HelioOne 11
HideNZeke 11
JamoRedhead 11
justsaynotoreddit 11
laprasrules 11
MahjongDaily 11
mellolizard 11
nemoran 11
noodlethebear 11
Pollaski 11
PSUMediaPA 11
RheagarTargaryen 11
royrules22 11
sroach91 11
StFuzzySlippers 11
SwissArmyScythe 11 +7
T-Thugs 11 Texas is a little tough to rank. They seem capable of beating basically anybody but also losing to maybe anybody. I've got them as my top 2 loss team because the wins are very impressive: Ohio State (6-1), Tennessee (6-2), and Ole Miss (5-2). That's quite the list of wins. They have losses to Florida and Oklahoma
TDenverFan 11
the_neverdoctor 11
tomdawg0022 11
visor841 11
_fastball 12
A_Rolling_Baneling 12
ALStark69 12 +10; not exactly a fan of them being this high but they have beaten Ohio State and Ole Miss now
arbadak 12 .809 rating, 5-2, SOS .738 (+7)
BendrickLamar19 12
Cars-and-Coffee 12
ChaseTheFalcon 12
Corgi_Koala 12
CRedds19 12
halldaylong 12
hascogrande 12
Helifino 12
Hobbes_121 12
Hugefootballfan44 12
hythloday1 12
IceColdDrPepper_Here 12
ikindalikelemons 12
jmac_21 12
jthomas694 12
malowry0124 12
mcdsmaster8824 12
MemeofMemeJTG999999 12 (5-2) (up 9)
W: 34-27 vs #5 Ole Miss (5-2)
Next Week: vs Mississippi State (4-3)
Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Wisconsin
RegionalBias 12
Roscoe_Filburn 12
samspopguy 12
scronko 12
sickmemes48 12
sirvalkyerie 12
smartkeg 12 The wins over Ole Miss, Tennessee, and Ohio State is a major result. However, the Oklahoma loss and broader inconsistency prevent Texas from jumping straight into the top 10.
SufferingfOrLife 12
Texasagsman 12
thomasosu 12
titansfan174 12
TolkienFan71 12
w8w8 12
WarEagle9 12
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 12 (+6)
bernkastel87 13
budget_um 13
Ch-i-ef 13
Colton3690 13
conchobor 13
eclectic_tastes 13
EpicSchwinn 13
ewolfy13 13
frumious88 13
galacticdude7 13 Predicted Record: 9-3

Losses: Oklahoma (24-27), Florida (24-27), @LSU

Comment: Texas is a tough one to rank, because they have bad losses and I have serious doubts about them, but at the same time they got W's against Ohio State, Tennessee, and Ole Miss
joebob431 13
MemeLovingLoser 13 Score 74.67 (▲ 1.48) | Place Change: ▲ 5 | Previous Rank: 18th | Wins Composite Rank: 31st | SoS Composite Rank: 1st | Margin of Victory Rank: 30th | Penalties Composite Rank: 97th | Yardage Composite Rank: 35th | Turnover Composite Rank: 104th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 67th | Other Stats Rank: 120th
nin478 13
Our-Gardian-Angel 13
PattyKane16 13
Pikachu1989 13
Pure_Protein_Machine 13
redwave2505 13
shifty1032231 13
Sometimeswelose 13
soonerfreak 13
TadKosciuszko 13
tdoger 13
Tornadohunter24 13 [5-2, 2-2 SEC] (+11) | SOR: #12 | Notable Results: W 24-23 vs #2 Ohio State [6-1], W 30-6 vs #25 UTSA [7-1], W 20-17 @ #18 Tennessee [6-2], L 24-27 vs Oklahoma [4-3] (Cotton Bowl), L 24-27 vs #20 Florida [5-2], W 34-27 vs #15 Ole Miss [5-2] |
VerySeriousBanana 13
AlexanderComet 14
Bill3ffinMurray 14
BUSean 14
CptCheese 14
DarkLegend64 14
DarthYoda2594 14
diehardcubforever 14
djowen68 14
HieloLuz 14 Texas has 4 quality wins, their over Ohio State, UTSA, and Tennessee, and Ole Miss. The wins are better than Florida's, but the head to head result keeps them lower.
JBonkies 14
jrich960608 14
JustAManAndHisLaptop 14
monkeymatt1836 14
Mr_Brews 14
OldCoaly 14
pileatedloon 14
placid_salad 14
PlactusTX 14 LW: 22 | Tier 3 | W Mississippi
Polarbear1914 14
Rcfan0902 14 1141.32 (+12)
ryseing 14
strikersteve60 14
tdeff19 14
Techwid 14
True_Ad5324 14 Up 10
vanburen1845 14
Zloggt 14 I think Texas DID earn their right to be a Top 15 team again...but unlike the AP/Coaches Polls, I think they just BARELY make it in...
Buckeyes2010 15
Cecil_Hardboner 15
Charlemagne42 15 86
Chris-P-Creme 15
corundum9 15
e8odie 15
Euphoric_Relative_13 15
Jerrywelfare 15
Keener1899 15
MainPeanut25 15 Arch survives another week
RedBarracuda25 15
Shion314 15
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_ 16
Blazeth 16
BoukenGreen 16
colton_97 16
daredassdude 16
fredmerc111 16
GatorBolt 16
jrichardh 16
Luigiatl 16
NyquillusDillwad20 16
one98d 16
Rakarei 16
RJEP22 16
SCsprinter13 16
texas2089 16
velociraptorfarmer 16
Bank_Gothic 17
CambodianDrywall 17
Cassiyus 17
ch1l1_ch33s3 17
chillmagic420 17
dukemetoo 17
jonstark19 17
olmsted 17
PeteyNice 17
sgtshenanigans 17 Once again the Longhorns have way to many weapons on Offense to play like they do. Despite dominating the first half Texas let Ole Miss back into the game. Arch is a mid at best QB throwing more interceptions than touchdowns.
spsellers 17
Xy13 17 Started the season big with an OOC win over OSU, the longhorns have now fallen to 2-2 in conference play. Is the locker room falling apart or going to regroup?
BlueFalcon89 18
CFBHurts 18
Conglossian 18 U/R
douchebagjack 18 Best 3 Wins: Ohio State, Tennessee, Ole Miss.
2 Losses: Oklahoma, Florida.
Season stays alive after Arch beats Ole Miss and the D almost blew it. MS St, Mizzou, LSU, Arkansas, TA&M to finish
Maladroit44 18
Muffinnnnnnn 18
RiffRamBahZoo 18
spmartin1993 18
UNC_Samurai 18
BuckeyeForLife95 19 2.98
ChemicalOle 19
Doogitywoogity 19 Big win over Ole Miss despite their best efforts to lose the game. Have you considered continuing playing after scoring 24? It’s an option beyond the 4th quarter. Lots of reasons to find this squad suspect, but they are 5-2 with very confusing results.
Dropbackandpunt 19
Justanother_0 19 I give up trying to gauge this team.
KJdkaslknv 19
nw____ 19
owlalwaysloveyew 19
retnuh101 19
Staind075 19
AJ_CC 20
Corporal_Hicks 21
cvsprinter1 21 2-loss
grjohnst 21
LiptonCB 21
Longvols 21
OKgolfer 21 LW: NR
SIMBONEGTP 21
TaylorLeprechaun 21 NR
jjjoebox 22
noahthearc 22
Noy_Telinu 22 Texas is back tm. They have the best win and stupidest losses so they are here.
SpadeRyker 22
zenverak 22
deadtofall12 23
TheNSAAgent777 23
grtgbln 24
BananaBouquet 25
blahblehblahwhoru 25
BlueSCar 25
frone 25
fshi 25
G-Aardvark 25

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
The_Stratman 1
1Subject 2
boblovespi 2
BeyondLiesTheWub 4 change from last week: 0
GenuineBoss 4
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY 5
dstrainr 5
ThompsonCreekTiger 5
bocnj 6
GreenAndYellow12 6 .538 |+14|
Impossible-Still-349 6 (+3)
Minnesnowtaaa 6
Quick-Newt-5651 6 .892
BigGamesShouldCount 7
Delicious_Fig5384 7
manbeqrpig 7
Menktenk 7
tbraptors 7 Last week I was surprised to only drop Texas to 8, and they stay in the same area after beating Ole Miss. They have two bad close losses, but no other team has better wins (against Texas, Tennessee, and Ole Miss)
666PeaceKeepaGirl 8
Applesaucemannus 8
dee3Poh 8 .660
FrontRunner51 8 (+6)
GDSamstag 8
JCNoles 8 15/21
LegionMammal978 8 (+16) GS .800, TS 1796: 34.0% #10 Tennessee + 33.2% #12 Ole Miss + 30.2% #14 Ohio State + 2.5% #27 UTSA = 57.1% #16 Oklahoma + 42.9% #9 Florida.
meristematic 8
ndbfsu22 8
newSomberMan 8
Scruggerboy 8
spaceblev11 8
thatoneguyD13 8 Tier 3.
chief_sitass 9
ianmcmoney 9 48.87% - H2H over Ole Miss
Nath0leon 9 +4. Gains in both SOR (21 to 12) and GC (13 to 6).
70277027 10
Character_Orchid4698 10
Crelc3 10
divey043 10
HereComesNightTime 10
idnttcrisis 10
isrealball 10
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor 10
jtsmd2 10
loneSTAR_06 10
mathwrath55 10
Piptit 10
pongislame 10 +4 (W 34-27 vs. Ole Miss)
SignificanceFirm2398 10
SpectralHydra 10
XVW55 10 Best wins in the country
alexjcode_com 11 780
AoA_nB1 11
Arago_ 11
Blazemaster77 11
gohncell 11 Every week a different team
gonshpreds1 11
hbh110 11
jibberishdhyukl 11
MyAngelMiraidon 11 +7 - you have FOUR ranked wins and TWO unranked losses. I give up with ranking this team, they can be top 5 or unranked or anywhere
ninjatown23 11 Both UT programs will be the most volatile in my rankings throughout the season. I’m just not sure what team shows up each week. With multiple wins over top 25 teams, Texas moves back up in the rankings.
OG_Felwinter 11
Ok_Boysenberry716 11
Pyroblockx 11
quantum_jedi 11 (68.49, +9) I really don't think Texas deserves to be anywhere close to the top 10, but at times they looked elite against Ole Miss. The problem is that they spent the rest of the game looking miserable. Great defense and a quarter-to-quarter who-knows offense.
samtaylor92 11
saquad69 11
Sflabuckeye13 11
Star_Wars_Sith 11
TailgateLegend 11
TrashyTuber 11
TyRoland06 11
HokiPoqi 12
jis024 12
myworld3 12
ResearchFlaky5912 12 Weirdest team to rank. Two bad losses, but some great wins also, including the best win in the country. They beat #14 to rise again. Keeping them below one-loss Kentucky and Alabama for now because the losses are worse than 'Bama's, but that could change if SCAR keeps beating teams.
rob_bot13 12 1701 points. See Alabama
S2OP 12 (+9)
shouldajustsaid_yeah 12
SonOfGarry 12
SportsCat4 12
ted1995 12
undercover_hot_dog 12
bigred91224 13
d1sportsball 13 ** See above, best wins outside 4 way H2H circle **
DillyDillySzn 13
EL-YEO 13
jackmc04 13 (+10)
kevinsdomain 13
Klightgrove 13
m3owzika 13
Ok_Significance_3803 13
Procyonyx 13 ...Texas...
Pure-Shirt-5831 13
TheBeekman8 13
Yelich04 13 ^7
2AcesRoth 14 net elo off def ridge fei conf
+14.0 +14.6 32.6 18.0 +18.2 +9.1 SEC
Aggravating-Funny569 14
beckett929 14
bruhstevenson 14
CallMeTheKing 14 122-15-0
DarthGlazer 14 highest high and lowest low. if they can figure out to stay high.... can't wait
drewscottt 14 +4
geordieColt88 14
josh55134 14
kennethbring 14
KevinDoesSports 14 I had unranked Texas entirely last week, that might've been an overreaction. Yes, they have two losses to unranked teams. But, they also have wins against Ole Miss, Ohio State, and Tennessee. If Arch Manning is truly back to form, I could see them rising back in weeks to come.
LightningDusty 14 ↑6
Lucaball3r 14
NoOutdoorSoup 14
Oldenmw 14 I want off Mr. Sark's wild ride
Scottyfer 14
TheCryptPartDeux 14
WBLwiffleball 14
andrewtodd98 15
DownshiftGD 15
Flaky_Bit6733 15
Hastronaut 15
HHunko13 15
PsychologicalFox8660 15
sportstrap 15
BoilerUp28 16
Kirkwood641 16
Original_Profile8600 16
SaguaroCactus19 16
_THE__BOULDER_ 17 Still working on their QB play but they got the dub this time. Rushing game actually went well with over 200 rushing yards. I won't say they're turning around yet but they did look better.
FoodCourtDruid 17
Isthmus11 17
NNul 17
Noahsince2002 17
RealityComps 17
Tortillero96 17 +2
W (5-2) H +7 vs Ole Miss (5)
L (4-2) H -3 vs Florida (unranked)
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)
ArlyntheAwesome 18
ChiTrojan2 18
jmdinbtr 18
jtchr33 18 The collapse may be halted for now, but could still come crumbling down fast.
buccaneerboy22 19
MillerHighLifeStan 19
NA_Faker 19
rt13wx 19
SpeddyDawg 19
JackWK_Gaming 20
owl-bears 20
Rishik01 20
g_trechel 21
grahamca 21 T30ᵗʰ W/L, T19ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 16ᵗʰ Team Strength, 10ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
logace444444444 21
Rhizical 21
mathmanhale 24
Nervous_Metal_9445 24
BlueRFR3100 25
BoNnnnfhir 25
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Red = Computer
Green = Hybrid

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