2016 record: 5-7, 3-6 Big 12
Coach: Tom Herman (first year)
Sked or alive? Texas visits USC in Week 3 in the first meeting between the schools since the epic BCS title game at the Rose Bowl. October will be challenging: Home games vs. Kansas State and Oklahoma State sandwich Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl. The month concludes with a trip to Baylor.
Why they’re here: Herman went 22-4 in two years at Houston; he’ll deliver in the win-loss column where Charlie Strong couldn’t. That doesn’t mean Texas is ready to leapfrog Oklahoma and Oklahoma State in the Big 12 – at least not this year.
