In Austin, Texas, an offseason of sledgehammers, locker-room TVs, and big-time recruiting momentum had the Walmart/Dallas Cowboys fans back on the UT bandwagon. And who could blame them? The media was so very ready to see the Longhorns pick up where Tom Herman’s Houston Cougars left off — so excited that Texas was voted No. 23 in the preseason AP Top 25 — despite a total of zero winning seasons since 2014. All of that preseason buzz came to a sobering end in Week 1, when the storied Maryland Terrapins rolled into town and put up 51 on the Longhorns.
Big 12 Power Rankings: Week 1
