Texas football gets a bye in Week 5 after closing out its nonconference schedule.

The Texas Longhorns recently completed a three-game stretch at home and won't play in Austin for the next month to open SEC play.

The Longhorns' head coach pointed to a pair of difficult road games while defending his team on Monday afternoon.

Texas hasn't played a FCS-level team in 20 years, and it won't until at least 2030. Is that a wise tactic with what college football schedules look like in 2025?

The Oklahoma Sooners are set to face off against their most bitter rival on Saturday, the Texas Longhorns. I won’t fall for calling it the Red River Showdown because to me, it will always be the Red River Rivalry.

Texas now knows its SEC schedule from 2026 to 2029, including three permanent opponents in that timeframe that won't come as a surprise.

The Southeastern Conference will officially announce the football opponents for every school for the next four years Tuesday. It will be revealed in an hour-long television special at 7pm ET on the SEC Network and ESPN2.

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The Texas Longhorns were beaten in all three phases of the game in a 29-21 loss to Florida to open the SEC schedule.