10 ten college teams in Texas per the Houston Chronicle

[smupony94]

The Chronicle's Joseph Duarte ranks Texas' 10 Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) programs, based on the last five years:

1. Texas: A national championship in 2005. Enough said.

2. TCU: Could follow Boise State as a BCS buster.

3. Texas Tech: Seven straight bowls and three wins over A&M in last four years.


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4. Texas A&M: Another subpar season could result in third coach in six years.

5. Houston: Three bowls and C-USA title in four seasons under Art Briles.

6. UTEP: Two eight-win seasons but nothing else.

7. Rice: Coming off first bowl appearance in 45 years.


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8. Baylor: Last winning season was 1995.

9. SMU: Has never recovered since the death penalty.

10. North Texas: Once dominant in Sun Belt, not-so-Mean Green are 5-19 in last two-plus seasons.

[LonghornFan68]

If that ranking is for the last 5 years, then I think that's a fair assessment. If it's for this year, well, the jury's still out.

*Edit*
Oops, just read that it WAS for the last 5 years, so yeah, it works. I need to stop skimming so much.

[J.T.supporta]

2 of those texas teams are slotted in ESPNs Bottom 10...no way you can put rice that high after only 1 good season

[tristatecoog]

http://www.mratings.com/cf/compare.htm

Composite rankings have UTEP, SMU, Baylor, Rice and UNT being ranked in the bottom five in the state. That seems about right. Baylor and SMU should be about even at Ford. Rice just lost to a championship division team (Nicholls State).

[J.T.supporta]

those rankings seem alot better

[that's great raplh]

very telling