Wk 4 · 2026

Texas Longhorns at Tennessee Volunteers — Sat, Sep 26

Sat, Sep 26 · Neyland Stadium, Knoxville

#5 Texas Longhorns

SEC · no games yet

12:00pET

TEX -6.5 · total 56.5 DraftKings

#20 Tennessee Volunteers

SEC · no games yet

What is at stake

A SEC game — it counts in the standings that decide that league's championship game. Run the race. Texas is ranked #5 (AP Top 25 · 2026-08-17). Tennessee is ranked #20 (AP Top 25 · 2026-08-17).

Efficiency · 2025 ratings

+9.2#21

Efficiency margin

+6.9#28

29.5

Offense (pts/100)

35.1

20.3

Defense (pts/100)

28.3

65.7

Pace (plays/g)

70.6

5.88

Yards / play

6.51

4.95

Yards / play allowed

5.68

Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College King's 2025 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is always the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one.

Team stats · 2025 per game

29.6

Points / game

40.8

19.8

Points allowed

28.8

383

Yards / game

482

336

Yards allowed

395

238

Pass yds allowed

249

Rush yds allowed

147

0.67

Turnovers / game

1.25

From completed 2025 box scores; defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.

Texas form

W 27-17vs TA&MW 52-37vs ARKL 10-35at UGAW 34-31vs VANW 45-38at MSST

2025 season

Tennessee form

L 24-45vs VANW 31-11at FLAW 42-9vs NMSUL 27-33vs OUW 56-34at UK

2025 season

Texas this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.

Tennessee this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.

Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked when the game goes final. There is no line archive before this season, so these records begin with 2026 Week 1.

Common opponents · 3

Opponent	Texas	Tennessee
LSU SEC	at Wk 11 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 12 · scheduled preview
Arkansas SEC	vs Wk 12 · scheduled preview	at Wk 6 · scheduled preview
Texas A&M SEC	at Wk 13 · scheduled preview	at Wk 11 · scheduled preview

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Series history · 2006–2026

These teams have not met in the 2006–2026 window.

Texas leaders 2025 season

Passing	Arch Manning QB #16	227/370, 2942 YDS, 24 TD, 7 INT
	Matthew Caldwell QB #18	8/11, 85 YDS, 1 TD
Rushing	Quintrevion Wisner RB #5	131 CAR, 597 YDS, 3 TD
	Arch Manning QB #16	83 CAR, 244 YDS, 8 TD
	CJ Baxter RB #1	54 CAR, 196 YDS
Receiving	Ryan Wingo WR #1	50 REC, 770 YDS, 7 TD
	DeAndre Moore Jr. WR #3	38 REC, 532 YDS, 4 TD
	Parker Livingstone WR #3	26 REC, 491 YDS, 6 TD
	Emmett Mosley V WR #3	23 REC, 357 YDS, 3 TD

Defense

Tackles	Jelani McDonald DB #4	73
	Anthony Hill Jr. LB #0	70
	Michael Taaffe S #16	70
Sacks	Colin Simmons EDGE #1	11
	Anthony Hill Jr. LB #0	4
	Trey Moore EDGE #8	3
Interceptions	Jelani McDonald DB #4	3
	Anthony Hill Jr. LB #0	2
	Malik Muhammad CB #5	2

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Tennessee leaders 2025 season

Passing	Joey Aguilar QB #6	258/386, 3444 YDS, 24 TD, 10 INT
	Jake Merklinger QB #4	13/24, 173 YDS, 2 TD
Rushing	DeSean Bishop RB #18	163 CAR, 983 YDS, 14 TD
	Star Thomas RB #9	95 CAR, 529 YDS, 7 TD
	Peyton Lewis RB #2	70 CAR, 290 YDS, 7 TD
Receiving	Chris Brazzell II WR #17	62 REC, 1017 YDS, 9 TD
	Braylon Staley WR #14	64 REC, 806 YDS, 6 TD
	Mike Matthews WR #4	50 REC, 770 YDS, 4 TD
	Ethan Davis TE #0	21 REC, 257 YDS, 2 TD

Defense

Tackles	Arion Carter LB #7	76
	Edwin Spillman LB #13	74
	Jeremiah Telander LB #22	71
Sacks	Dominic Bailey DT #90	5.5
	Tyre West DT #42	4
	Caleb Herring DE #39	4
Interceptions	Ty Redmond DB #4	3
	Edrees Farooq DB #15	2
	Andre Turrentine DB #2	1

full roster and per-player history

These are season totals for the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year, taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still appears against the year he earned it; the roster pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is. A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game.