The 2026 Texas Longhorns football team represents the University of Texas at Austin as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2026 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season is Texas' 134th overall season, and their 3rd as a member of the SEC. The team is led by Steve Sarkisian in his sixth year as their head coach and offensive play-caller, with Will Muschamp making his return as defensive coordinator, and offensive coordinator Kyle Flood returning along with co-offensive coordinator A. J. Milwee. The team plays its home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The year prior to this saw the Longhorns finish 10–3 despite entering the 2025 season as the consensus preseason number one team. They finished ranked 12th in the final AP poll after a Citrus Bowl victory over Michigan. Previous defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski, analyst Duane Akina, and running backs coach Chad Scott were fired that December as part of a major coaching staff shakeup by Sarkisian. The offseason saw the arrival of multiple high profile transfers to the Forty Acres which included wide receiver Cam Coleman and linebacker Rasheem Biles, among others, and the signing of a consensus top-10 nationally ranked high school recruiting class. Notable players from the 2025 team who returned in 2026 include Citrus Bowl MVP and quarterback Arch Manning, second-team All-SEC wide receiver Ryan Wingo, first-team All-American return specialist Ryan Niblett, first-team All-SEC defensive end Colin Simmons, and first-team All-SEC offensive tackle Trevor Goosby. Their Week 2 home win against Ohio State was their largest comeback win since 2007, and the largest fourth-quarter comeback against an AP No. 1 team in NCAA Football history. It was also the biggest comeback win of Arch Manning's football career. Wiki link