The state of Texas boasts five Power Five schools, and a handful of other universities that make noise nationally on a season by season basis. And while the tradition state powers of the University of Texas and Texas A&M, the two largest schools in the state and the flagship universities of Texas, like to fight over which one runs the state in recruiting and cash flow, at least one writer things they are wasting time chasing each other.
In his state-by-state rankings released Monday, CBS Sports’ Ben Kercheval laid claim that the best football program in Texas is not either of those schools, or any of the public universities in the state.