Curt Cignetti, the Indiana football head coach who led a bad-bad-not-good program to its first undefeated College Football Playoff championship season, thinks Texas was an underrated program this season. We can gleam as much from the fact that Cignetti ranked Texas at No. 8 overall in his final Coaches Poll ballot.

That’s decent enough praise.

If only the committee had felt the same way.

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS

Austin American-Statesman: Anthony Hill Jr. Scout Report: What to know as Texas LB enters draft

Austin American-Statesman: Texas Football: Arch Manning undergoes ‘minor’ offseason surgery

Austin American-Statesman: Why revenue sharing was only small factor in Texas’ $23.3 million loss

247Sports: Texas dual-sport athlete Jonah Williams will be splitting his focus during spring football and baseball season

247Sports: Former Longhorns EDGE Ethan Burke looks back on his recruitment, details who’s next on the D-line at Texas

Inside Texas: The Will Muschamp Defense (Ep. 1): Everything starts with man coverage

Inside Texas: Which Longhorns will have increased opportunities this spring?

Inside Texas: What we learned at Texas baseball’s first media availability of the 2026 season

ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION

Six Texas players have undergone offseason surgery

Texas hosts Georgia seeking key home win

Austin American-Statesman: Where does the Longhorns’ transfer class rank nationally?

Austin American-Statesman: Why Texas basketball coach Sean Miller likes the NCAA’s new basketball portal

247Sports: Texas Football Transfer Portal Tracker: All the Texas scoop, rumors, comings & goings as Longhorns fill roster

Inside Texas: Briceson Thrower breaks down latest Texas visit as recruiting heats up

Inside Texas: Texas football portal misses at guard raise questions about OL strategy

Inside Texas: Inside the Program: Grading Texas’ portal class

Inside Texas: Recruiting Humidor: Texas hosting five-star and portal OL, coaches on the road, 2027 WR to watch

Austin American-Statesman: Texas vs Arkansas Postponed: Longhorns women’s game pushed back by weather

Dallas Morning News: Texas drops close, back-and-forth contest with Kentucky despite Dailyn Swain’s big night

Rock M Nation: How Anthony Robinson II — and Missouri — got caught in an offensive squeeze

And The Valley Shook: Jordan Seaton transferring to LSU

Red Cup Rebellion: While we wait, great moments in blocking

Rocky Top Talk: Tennessee set to hire Indiana strength coach Derek Owings

Roll ‘Bama Roll: Alabama football moves on from OL coach Chris Kapilovich

A Sea Of Blue: Is Kentucky basketball cursed? The injury report just keeps growing

SB Nation: Analytics predicts whether the Broncos or Patriots will win the AFC Championship Game

SB Nation: X-factors for every team in the AFC, NFC Championship games

SB Nation: Former Olympic snowboarder arrested for allegedly being cocaine cartel kingpin

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