Football:
It’s been a rough year for the major programs in the most football-crazed state in the country. But shout out to Mary Hardin-Baylor, your DIII champs!
Only six of this year’s 80 bowl participants are from Texas and none is ranked in the Associated Press’ Top 25 poll. Depending on bowl results, it is possible that only two of the state’s 12 major-college football programs will finish with winning records this season.
Houston (9-3) and Texas A&M (8-4) are the only schools guaranteed to finish above .500. Three others could post winning records with bowl victories: TCU (6-6), Baylor (6-6) and UTSA (6-6).