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The Verdict is In: Final Grades for Texas' Power Four Teams
From Texas Tech’s Big 12 title to Texas A&M’s CFP breakthrough, the Lone Star State enjoyed a record-setting 2025. We grade every Power Four program after the dust has settled.
The 2025 college football season ends Jan. 19 when Miami faces Indiana. But the season is over for the 13 FBS programs inside the state of Texas. It was a great year that fizzled a bit at the end with North Texas and SMU tripping up late and Texas Tech and Texas A&M combining for three points in two College Football Playoff appearances.
The highlight is that as many as five teams could end the year ranked, which would break the previous record of three. Those five teams – Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Texas, Houston, and North Texas – all finished with 10 or more wins. Ten of the 13 FBS programs in the Lone Star State played in a bowl game with only Baylor, UTEP, and Sam Houston missing out on the postseason.
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