Entering the season as the top-ranked team typically does not bode well in the national championship race. Not since Alabama hoisted the trophy in 2017 has the preseason No. 1 squad won it all. Before that, USC in 2004 was the most recent team to deliver on expectations. Those are the only two teams this century to accomplish the feat.

Of Steve Sarkisian's first seven road games with the Longhorns, Texas won just one. But UT enters this weekend with an 11-game winning streak on the road.