Manning's first game as the unquestioned face of Texas football will be against the same team Ewers faced in his last: Ohio State in Week 1.

According to Archie, Howard and Leonard were roommates at the Manning Passing Academy last summer, adding another roommate narrative to the college football postseason (after Ohio State’s Jack Sawyer sealed his team’s win with a play against his former roommate, Quinn Ewers).

If anyone can relate to what Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning will experience next season, it’s former Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel. Like Manning,

But Manning has done everything his way through his recruitment and since he got to Texas. And now, finally, with Ewers announcing for the NFL Draft on Wednesday, the keys are in Manning’s hands to run the Longhorns’ offense. He’s being handed a Lamborghini and Manning should make it purr.

The stage for the College Football Playoff national title game is set after Notre Dame took down Penn State in the Orange Bowl and Ohio State knocked off Texas

Smith and Manning are among the rising superstars who not only helped their teams get to the 2024 postseason but also figure to define the race to the 2025 national championship. They will be household names next fall as two of the biggest figures in the entire sport.

"Arch is very good," Klatt said. "There were points in the season that I thought they should have put Arch in the game. He's more mobile. I think that he drives the football into

With Ohio State's 28-24 win over Texas in the College Football Playoff semifinal game at ... It apparently led Archie Manning to share a fun fact with son Eli Manning about Ohio State quarterback ...

Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney has three predictions on Texas and Arch Manning, the 2025 quarterback class and which QBs will be starting in college football next season. MORE: Ranking the top performances in Friday's Polynesian Bowl CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2027 RANKINGS: Top 100 TRANSFER PORTAL: Full coverage | Player ranking | Team ranking | Transfer search | Transfer Tracker University of Texas Texas has been so close to a national championship the last two years but could not get out of the semifinal round either time.

Regardless, things are not about to get any easier in the College Football Playoff semifinals. In the Rose Bowl, the eighth-seeded Ohio State handily defeated the first-seeded Oregon 41-21 to ...

With Wednesday's win over Oregon, Ohio State advanced in the College Football Playoff bracket and will face No. 5 Texas. The Longhorns defeated No. 4 Arizona State earlier Wednesday. No. 8 Ohio ...