Who runs this state? The Dave Campbell’s Texas Football staff gives their power rankings of the 13 FBS college football teams in Texas in the FBS Power Poll presented by TicketCity.
Note: Teams are measured against the overall strength of their conference. Only teams that have played are ranked.
School
Record
Notes
Last Week
1.Texas Tech Red Raiders
Record: 11 - 1
Notes: Texas Tech can win its first outright conference title since 1955 with a win over BYU in the Big 12 championship. That would clinch a bye into the CFP quarterfinals.
Last Week: #2
2.Texas A&M Aggies
Record: 11 - 1
Notes: The loss to Texas cost the Aggies a shot at the SEC championship but the prospect of hosting a first-round CFP game isn't a bad consolation.
Last Week: #1
3.Texas Longhorns
Record: 9 - 3
Notes: The Horns made a case to reach the CFP as a three-loss team with the win over Texas A&M. Texas has three wins over playoff contenders and two losses against Top 5 teams.
Last Week: #3
4.North Texas Mean Green
Record: 11 - 1
Notes: Eric Morris is moving on after the season but the job isn't finished in 2025. The Mean Green can reach the CFP with a win over Tulane in the American Conference championship.
Last Week: #4
5.TCU Horned Frogs
Record: 8 - 4
Notes: TCU closed the regular season with two straight victories and can reach the nine-win mark in consecutive seasons if the Frogs win the bowl game.
Last Week: #6
6.Houston Cougars
Record: 9 - 3
Notes: Conner Weigman accounted for over 300 yards and three touchdowns in the win over Baylor. The Coogs improved by five wins in Year 2 under Willie Fritz.
Last Week: #7
7.SMU Mustangs
Record: 8 - 4
Notes: An upset loss at Cal keeps SMU out the ACC Championship game and away from the CFP.
Last Week: #5
8.Texas State Bobcats
Record: 6 - 6
Notes: Credit to G.J. Kinne & Co. for closing the regular season with three straight wins to clinch the program's third consecutive bowl trip.
Last Week: #10
9.UTSA Roadrunners
Record: 6 - 6
Notes: Jeff Traylor has lost five home games in his six years as head coach at UTSA and three of those are to Army.
Last Week: #9
10.Baylor Bears
Record: 5 - 7
Notes: Baylor will finish the season with a losing season for the third time in the last four years and for the fourth time in six seasons under Dave Aranda.
Last Week: #8
11.Rice Owls
Record: 5 - 7
Notes: South Florida was too much for the Owls, but Year 1 of the Scott Abell era was a success.
Last Week: #11
12.UTEP Miners
Record: 2 - 10
Notes: The Miners gave up 61 points in the season finale loss to Delaware.
Last Week: #12
13.Sam Houston Bearkats
Record: 2 - 10
Notes: Sam Houston lost its last two of the season and won't mind putting 2025 in the rear-view mirror because of all the travel, including to home games.
Last Week: #13