2025 Preseason College Football Power Poll

The 2025 college football season could be one for the record books in the Lone Star State. The Texas Longhorns could enter the season as the top-ranked team in America because of a star-studded defense and a quarterback named Manning. Texas Tech went all-in in the offseason and Baylor, TCU, and SMU return a proven winner at quarterback to lead their conference championship hopes. It isn’t an overstatement to say six of the seven Power Four teams in the Lone Star State enter 2025 with CFP aspirations. 

The G6 ranks are also full of hope. UTSA ended last year strong and should field one of the best offenses in the American. North Texas and Texas State also feel like a conference championship is a possibility. The state’s two new head coaches – Phil Longo at Sam Houston and Scott Abell at Rice – face uphill battles toward bowl eligibility but should be fun to watch on the offensive side of the ball.