Texas Longhorns Ranked 5th: Disrespect or Motivation?

0:00On April 29th, media outlets just dropped their way to early top 25 rankings for next college football season after spring practice wrapped. Up! Texas Long Horns landed in the top three across most lists, including number three from USA Today Sports and Saturday Down South, plus number one from CBS Sports. SPN though, they got Texas at number five. Coach Steve Sarkeesian stacked the roster deeper than last year, fixing weak spots like running back with transfers relief brown and hollywood, smothers. The offensive lines saw major upgrades, and the defense stays talented now, with new coordinator Will Musham calling plays. Why do receiver states strong too? Even after Archmanning's roommate, Parker Livingstone, bolted to Oklahoma. They cleared space for elite transfer camp. Coleman Last season's rough patch is a key position still linger in voters' minds, holding Texas back from unanimous top billing.

1:00That number five spot from ESPN draws some side-eye as straight disrespect, given the talent jump. Still, no runaway number one like before, but the horns look prime to prove doubters wrong. Expect these boards to shift hard once games kick off. Texas built to run the table this time.