The Reese’s Senior Bowl recently announced its 2025 preseason watch list. Multiple players from the Texas Longhorns’ football squad made the list. That includes fifth-year senior safety Michael Taaffe,

The Longhorns are the ninth-ranked team in the projections and are being predicted to finish with a record of 9-3. Two SEC teams — Georgia and Alabama — are ranked ahead of Texas, and the Longhorns are only being given a 64 percent chance of making the College Football Playoff.

Actor Matthew McConaughey reacts on the field prior to the Playoff First Round Game between the Clemson Tigers and Texas Longhorns at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on December 21, 2024 in Austin, Texas.

Entering his fifth season with Texas, Steve Sarkisian has brought back life to a program that stumbled through the 2010's. Now under Sarkisian, Texas has risen

ESPN’s Mark Schlabach believes Sarkisian will reach the National Championship Game and beat the Clemson Tigers for its first title since 2005.