The Texas 50: Ranking the most important college football players in Texas 50-41

The state of Texas is now home to 13 FBS programs in 2023 thanks to Sam Houston's move to Conference USA. Our list of the 50-most important college football players in the Lone Star State includes at least three players from each of those schools. This is not a list of the best players in the state - for that, visit this link for our All-Texas College Team. It is intended to provide readers with the knowledge of who the most pivotal players on the team. Sometimes that means the best players, and other times it means players who need to take the next step to propel the program to more success.

The list starts with 50-41 as we're officially 50 days away from Week 1. Rankings of 40-31 will be released with 40 days remaining until Week 1, and so on. UTEP is the only team in Texas with a game during Week 0.