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 A&M Aggies
Record: 7 - 0
Notes: Marcel Reed accounted for 335 yards of total offense and scored four touchdowns in Texas A&M's win over Arkansas. The Aggies are the last undefeated FBS team in Texas.
Last Week: #1
2.Texas Tech Red Raiders
Record: 6 - 1
Notes: Texas Tech lost its margin of error in the Big 12 and College Football Playoff race in the road loss to Arizona State. The health of QB Behren Morton remains a question mark.
Last Week: #2
3.Houston Cougars
Record: 6 - 1
Notes: Ethan Sanchez's 41-yard field goal as time expired gave the Coogs a 31-28 win over Arizona and punched Houston's ticket to a bowl game. The vibes are high in Third Ward.
Last Week: #5
4.Texas Longhorns
Record: 5 - 2
Notes: Arch Manning and the offense was bailed out by a great defensive performance and Mason Shipley field goals, including the game winner in OT against Kentucky.
Last Week: #3
5.TCU Horned Frogs
Record: 5 - 2
Notes: The Horned Frogs found balance offensively with Kevorian Barnes topping the century mark in the win over Baylor. TCU is very much in the Big 12 hunt.
Last Week: #6
6.SMU Mustangs
Record: 5 - 2
Notes: Clemson isn't your older brother's Clemson but that shouldn't distract from how big a win that was for SMU on the road in Week 8. Mustangs have won 20 straight conference games.
Last Week: #7
7.North Texas Mean Green
Record: 6 - 1
Notes: Drew Mestemaker threw four touchdowns and Caleb Hawkins racked up over 200 yards of total offense in the beatdown of UTSA.
Last Week: #8
8.Baylor Bears
Record: 4 - 3
Notes: Sawyer Robertson threw for four interceptions and the run defense struggled once again in the loss at TCU.
Last Week: #4
9.Texas State Bobcats
Record: 3 - 4
Notes: The Bobcats are 0-3 in Sun Belt play after a double-overtime loss at Marshall. The three losses are by a combined 11 points and two were in overtime.
Last Week: #9
10.UTSA Roadrunners
Record: 3 - 4
Notes: UTSA allowed a combined 98 points in rivalry games against Texas State and North Texas. The Roadrunners were outscored 31-3 in the second half against the Mean Green.
Last Week: #10
11.Rice Owls
Record: 3 - 4
Notes: Rice was idle in Week 8 after starting the season with seven straight games.
Last Week: #11
12.UTEP Miners
Record: 2 - 5
Notes: Skyler Locklear scored four total touchdowns in UTEP's Wednesday night win over Sam Houston, the Miners' first FBS win of the season.
Last Week: #12
13.Sam Houston Bearkats
Record: 0 - 7
Notes: Sam Houston has started a season 0-7 for the second time in three seasons as an FBS program.
Last Week: #13