Texas — SEC
PPA off / def
0.18 / 0.10
2025
Class rank
#7
class of 2026
Returning PPA
72%
returning production
| 2025 |
OSU W 14–7 | Columbus |
| 2024 |
OSU W 28–14 | away |
| 2008 |
OSU L 21–24 | away |
| 2006 |
OSU W 24–7 | away |
| 2005 |
OSU L 22–25 | Columbus |
2026 schedule
2025 results (10–3)
Statistical comps — 2025 Texas's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (22 in / 28 out)
Origins
Royal's wishbone produced three national titles and the last all-white championship team, a fact Texas has spent decades reckoning with. Earl Campbell and Vince Young supplied the two most physical seasons the sport has seen.
Founded 1883 · Mandated by the state constitution as a 'university of the first class' · first football 1893 · defined by Darrell K Royal
All-time record
All-time
921–389–32
1901–2025
Win %
69.8%
125 seasons played
Winning seasons
103
82% of seasons
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2005 | 13 | 0 | Big 12 |
| 2009 | 13 | 1 | Big 12 |
| 2024 | 13 | 3 | SEC |
| 2008 | 12 | 1 | Big 12 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2 | Big 12 |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1901 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 344 | 53% |
41% | 95 of 136 | 5.8 | 11% |
| 2nd down | 257 | 49% |
40% | 83 of 136 | 6.3 | 16% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 44 | 59% |
55% | — | 6.5 | 11% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 39 | 15% |
46% | — | 6.1 | 15% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 77 | 21% |
29% | — | 5.6 | 16% |
| 4th down | 16 | 56% |
44% | — | 3.5 | 13% |
157 drives · 37% ended in points · 6.8 plays and 39.1 yards per drive · 0.89 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 2 | San José State |
Arch Manning pass complete to Parker Livingstone for 83 yds for a TD (Mason Shipley KICK) |
83 | 6.98 |
| 10 | Vanderbilt |
(14:59) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Manning pass complete short right to #1 R.Wingo caught at … |
75 | 6.08 |
| 9 | Mississippi State |
(14:10) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Manning pass complete deep left to #1 R.Wingo caught at MS… |
62 | 5.39 |
| 13 | Arkansas |
(12:28) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Manning pass complete deep left to #13 P.Livingstone caugh… |
54 | 5.34 |
| CFP | Michigan |
(05:13) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Manning rush left for 60 yards gain to the Mich00 TOUCHDOW… |
60 | 4.76 |
| 14 | Texas A&M |
End of 3rd quarter. |
54 | 4.57 |
| 14 | Texas A&M |
(00:33) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Manning pass complete short left to #88 J.Endries caught a… |
54 | 4.57 |
| 9 | Mississippi State |
End of 1st quarter. |
64 | 4.53 |