Plus: Two big SEC wins for Texas volleyball

Texas Longhorns big man up front Kelvin Banks, a junior, has been named the Southeastern Conference’s Offensive Lineman of the Week following a stellar showing versus Mississippi State.

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS

Austin American-Statesman: Golden: The good, bad, and ugly in Texas’ SEC football debut

Austin American-Statesman: Quinn Ewers injury: Will Texas football QB play vs. Oklahoma?

Austin American-Statesman: Texas takeaways: This bye week is coming at just the right time for Horns

Dallas Morning News: If that’s Arch Manning’s last start in 2024, he left Longhorns with something to consider

247Sports: Horns247 Roundtable: Reviewing, revising record predictions for Texas football after five games

247Sports: 20 more thoughts on Texas following the Longhorns’ 35-13 SEC-opening win over Mississippi State

247Sports: With ‘rough waters’ ahead, Texas football looks to clean up offensive miscues in the bye week

247Sports: Texas Football PFF Grades against Mississippi State: Arch Manning leads all QBs in college football

Inside Texas: How Texas defended the Mississippi State veer and shoot offense

Inside Texas: Coach V: Heal, Dallas, Oklahoma in that order

ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION

Alabama vaults Texas for No. 1 spot in AP Top 25 poll

Texas EDGE Colin Simmons: The Longhorns are ‘going to dominate’ OU

How self-inflicted wounds hurt No. 1 Texas in 35-13 win over Mississippi State

Texas’ Steve Sarkisian admits he’s glad Longhorns faced ‘some adversity’ versus Mississippi State

No. 1 Texas 35, Mississippi State 13: Five observations and Sunday chat

No. 1 Texas wins ugly against Mississippi State: Three things we learned

No. 1 Texas vs. Mississippi State final score: Longhorns surge past Bulldogs for 35-13 win

Inside the Numbers: Youth movement leads Texas over Mississippi State

WATCH: Texas TE commit Nick Townsend shows out with five-score performance

RECRUITING ROUNDUP

247Sports: The Stampede: The 10 most important in-state prospects in 2026

247Sports: 2026 RB Raycine Guillory considering several major programs

247Sports: Top100 2026 edge rusher Kevin Ford Jr. breaks down Texas visit, has two more UT games on deck

247Sports: Temple 2026 five-star EDGE Jamarion Carlton recaps fourth Texas visit of the year for Miss. St. game

Inside Texas: 2025 four-star Florida State commit Daylan McCutcheon recaps Texas visit

SEC SHOWDOWN

Austin American-Statesman: Steve Sarkisian defends fourth down call against Mississippi State

Austin American-Statesman: How youngsters Arch Manning, Colin Simmons helped Horns respond to MSU

Austin American-Statesman: Texas football: 5 things you may have missed from Mississippi State win

Austin American-Statesman: Texas football grades: How did pass rush fare vs. Mississippi State

Inside Texas: Texas announces program players of the game for Mississippi State

Inside Texas: SEC Power Rankings: Movement in the middle, Texas still on top

Good Bull Hunting: Salient Stats: Texas A&M 21, Arkansas 17

Rock M Nation: Monday Musings: Will Tiger offense look better after bye week?

And The Valley Shook: Instant Reactions: LSU 42, South Alabama 10

Red Cup Rebellion: In new playoff era, how much did the Kentucky upset matter?

Rocky Top Talk: Tennessee Vols move up in both polls on Sunday

Roll ‘Bama Roll: WATCH: SEC Shorts Police try to save Georgia football vs Alabama

Dawg Sports: 15 thoughts is a little bit broken today

A Sea Of Blue: Terhyon Nichols guts through significant injury to help Kentucky get breakthrough win at Ole Miss

WHAT WE’RE READING

SB Nation: Sam Darnold’s evolution into a top QB is fueling the Vikings’ unbeaten start

SB Nation: The Golden State Valkyries expansion draft could send your favorite WNBA player to the Bay

SB Nation: Dikembe Mutombo, NBA and humanitarian legend, dies of brain cancer at 58

NEWS ACROSS LONGHORN NATION AND BEYOND

• Texas volleyball beat both Texas A&M and LSU over the weekend.