For fans of the Texas Longhorns who anticipate a quick rise to the top of the college football heap in the Lone Star State under first-year coach Tom Herman, a Wednesday projection of 2017 win totals by Bovada Sports Book offered a blend of good and bad news.
Texas, a 5-7 team last season, received the highest projected win total among four teams from the state that received projections. But the 7.5 mark assigned to the Longhorns, while higher than the projected win totals for TCU (7), Texas A&M (7) or Texas Tech (5.