Longhorns Wire pegged the Texas Longhorns’ 2025 schedule at No. 12 with a strength score of 35.5. The season isn’t over yet, but Steve Sarkisian learned the final verdict on his team’s College Football Playoff fate. And while the wounds were still fresh, an SEC analyst just slapped a worrying label on their 2026 slate. But there’s a silver lining to it… one that involves Sarkisian and something he pledged recently.

“The Texas Longhorns are going to be my most difficult schedule in the SEC,” analyst Cole Cubelic said, keeping things straight on December 11 on the SEC Network . “You’re going to play an in-state team first and third with Ohio State sandwiched in between, and Jeff Traylor’s team on September 19th. That’s as physical a group of five teams.”

Gene Chizik picked the Missouri

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