With spring practice (and spring practice reports) ending across college football, many teams look very different than they did coming out of winter. Add the transfer portal to the picture and things have changed. USA TODAY Sports has a new 1-136 re-rank of all the teams in FBS.
And they now have the Texas Longhorns No. 1. "Texas is No.
1 in the USA TODAY Sports springtime college football re-rank as the hype continues to build around the Longhorns and new starting quarterback Arch Manning. After back-to-back College Football Playoff berths, including a trip to last year’s national semifinals, Texas is poised to take the next step and capture the program’s first championship since 2005." Paul Myerberg – USA TODAY Sports Certainly, the hype around Arch Manning is building.
All of the reports out of the 40 Acres over the past few weeks have been nothing but glowing. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian has hit the transfer portal hard to fill some key weaknesses. And there have been positive reports about the knee recover of running back CJ Baxter.
Clemson, Penn State, Georgia and Notre Dame round out the top five. Ohio State, who have no named starting quarterback as of yet, check in at No. 6.
The Buckeyes are followed by No. 7 LSU, No. 8 Oregon, No.
9 Miami, No. 10 Alabama. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Rivals Oklahoma Sooners Texas A&M Aggies land at 25th and 30th respectively.
This article originally appeared on Longhorns Wire: Texas Longhorns top USA TODAY Sports post-spring 1-136 Re-Rank