The time for preseason hype is almost over for Texas football with the start of the 2018 campaign just around the corner, coming against the Maryland Terrapins on Sep. 1. An initial edition of ESPN’s College GameDay also came out on Aug. 25, with the team including Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, and Chris Fowler.
Among all the programs that tend to generate a ton of preseason hype, the Longhorns usually fit the bill of getting the most of it. Texas football is similar to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, USC Trojans, and Michigan Wolverines, in the sense that achieving a top 25 ranking in the preseason tends to be automatic now.