UT Is on Top, Texas Tech Is Moneyed Up, and More Thoughts on College Football

In case you missed it, the hottest college football team in Texas is . . . Tarleton State. The other Texans went to Oregon last Saturday and beat Portland State 42–0, reinforcing its preseason status as a team with playoff aspirations. The Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoff, that is. Yeah, we know. For most people, the season starts for real on August 30, when the number one–ranked University of Texas Longhorns get a do-over of last year’s College Football Playoff (CFP) semifinal, in an away game against defending national champion Ohio State. Saturday’s schedule also features UTSA at Texas A&M, as well as the home openers for Texas Tech, North Texas, SMU, and Texas State, with Rice and UTEP on the road. By then, Houston and…

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