{"id":438905,"date":"2026-09-17T15:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438905\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T15:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:16:11","slug":"no-1-texas-is-a-heavy-favorite-over-utsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438905\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 1 Texas is a heavy favorite over UTSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">As expected, the No. 1 Texas Longhorns are a massive favorite heading into the Week 3 matchup against the UTSA Roadrunners in Austin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Longhorns survived the Buckeyes last week, 24-23, and moved into the top spot nationally. Texas now returns home on Saturday to face UTSA. FanDuel currently has Texas favored by 30.5 points, with the over\/under set at 58.5 points. FanDuel\u2019s latest matchup information also lists an 88.4-percent projected win probability for Texas, according to numberFire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT on SEC Network+ at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Texas enters 2-0 after beating Texas State 59-7 and and rallying against Ohio State. The Roadrunners are also 2-0, and UTSA has already faced a reasonably competitive Texas-based opponent this season after defeating Texas State 31-26 last weekend after entering that game as a 2.5-point underdog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">UTSA quarterback Owen McCown completed 28-of-42 passes for 214 yards and a touchdown against Texas State, while running back Will Henderson III added 80 rushing yards on 14 carries. Wide receiver Mekhi Anderson caught five passes for 83 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Even so, Texas is coming off the kind of win that changes the narrative around a program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Arch Manning threw for 195 yards and a touchdown against the Buckeyes, while Hollywood Smothers rushed for 74 yards and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">So, with good reason, we\u2019re looking at a game with a 30.5-point spread as is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As expected, the No. 1 Texas Longhorns are a massive favorite heading into the Week 3 matchup against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,536,28],"class_list":["post-438905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns-football","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}