Texas’ first-year coach, who made a national impact by posting a 22-4 record in two seasons at Houston, has not won any of those games for the Longhorns. Yet his new team, coming off a 5-7 record and three consecutive losing seasons, is regularly listed in preseason projections as a Top 25 contingent and Big 12 title contender, rising as high as No. 13 in Athlon magazine’s preseason rankings.
In Tuesday’s updated win projections by Bovada Sports Book, Texas checked in with an over/under of 7.5. The total matched TCU and Baylor for most among the state’s Big 12 programs and exceeded the projection for Texas A&M (7).