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What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong: Revisiting Our 2026 Predictions

Sep 29, 2026, 5:00 PM

How accurate were our 2026 Texas college football predictions? Four games into the season, we revisit preseason picks for Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, TCU, Baylor, UTSA and more.

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What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong: Revisiting Our 2026 Predictions

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Predictions are what we do at Dave Campbell’s Texas Football.

I spend my entire April driving around the state and visiting all 13 FBS programs within our border. May is spent previewing every aspect of those teams, including record predictions. And then I spend the rest of the year kicking myself for what I missed.

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