With Monday's AP Poll Top 25 release -- the first ahead of the 2025 season -- Texas made more history ahead of a highly anticipated campaign. The Longhorns came in at No. 1, earning 25 of the 64 first-place votes,

Texas will open the 2025 college football season as the No. 1 team in the Associated Press Top 25. The Longhorns already claimed the top spot in the Coaches Poll, garnering eight more first-place votes than Ohio State. This is the first time they're first in the preseason AP poll.

For the first time, Texas will open a college football season ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25. The Longhorns hardly have a mandate in the poll released Monday: They edged out Penn State by just five points in the closest preseason vote since 1998.