Early record expectations for Texas and fellow SEC teams in 2024

The 2023 college football season is over, but we are ready to fast forward to 2024. The Texas Longhorns (12-2) were great over the last season.

We have reason to believe Texas could be even better next season despite the key players the team lost. The list of departing players includes defensive tackles T’Vondre Sweat and Byron Murphy, wide receivers Xavier Worthy, Adonai Mitchell and Jordan Whittington, tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders, linebacker Jaylan Ford and right tackle Christian Jones.

The defensive tackle position is still in question after Texas lost defensive line coach Bo Davis and failed to bring in transfer defensive line target Ja’Maree Caldwell. However, the team added big time receivers in Houston transfer Matthew Golden and Alabama wide receiver Isaiah Bond. Bond figures to be the No. 1 receiver for the 2024 football squad.

Defensively, the Longhorns have added UTSA edge Trey Moore who had 14 sacks in 2023. In addition, they added three-year Clemson starter Andrew Mukuba. It looks like the team is not done yet in the portal as it trends for talented players at linebacker, wide receiver and perhaps even tight end.

The return of the team’s best defensive back Jahdae Barron and veteran starting linebacker David Gbenda bodes well for the Longhorns’ 2024 chances. Let’s look at how they could fare as well as how their SEC foes stack up next season.

Alabama Crimson Tide

1. Western Kentucky

2. South Florida

3. at Wisconsin

4. Open

5. Georgia

6. at Vanderbilt

7. South Carolina

8. at Tennessee

9. Missouri

10. Open

11. at LSU

12. Mercer

13. at Oklahoma

14. Auburn

Record expectation: 9 wins

Arkansas Razorbacks

1. Arkansas-Pine Bluff

2. at Oklahoma State

3. UAB

4. at Auburn

5. Texas A&M

6. Tennessee

7. Open

8. LSU

9. at Mississippi State

10. Ole Miss

11. Open

12. Texas

13. Louisiana Tech

14. at Missouri

Record expectation: 4 wins

Auburn Tigers

1. Alabama A&M

2. California

3. New Mexico

4. Arkansas

5. Oklahoma

6. at Georgia

7. Open

8. at Missouri

9. at Kentucky

10. Vanderbilt

11. Open

12. Louisiana-Monroe

13. Texas A&M

14. at Alabama

Record expectation: 7 wins

Florida Gators

1. Miami

2. Samford

3. Texas A&M

4. at Mississippi State

5. Open

6. Central Florida

7. at Tennessee

8. Kentucky

9. Open

10. Georgia

11. at Texas

12. LSU

13. Ole Miss

14. at Florida State

Record expectation: 5 wins

Georgia Bulldogs

1. Clemson (Atlanta)

2. Tennessee Tech

3. at Kentucky

4. Open

5. at Alabama

6. Auburn

7. Mississippi State

8. at Texas

9. Open

10. Florida

11. at Ole Miss

12. Tennessee

13. UMass

14. Georgia Tech

Record expectation: 10 wins

Kentucky Wildcats

1. Southern Miss

2. South Carolina

3. Georgia

4. Ohio

5. at Ole Miss

6. Open

7. Vanderbilt

8. at Florida

9. Auburn

10. at Tennessee

11. Open

12. Murray State

13. at Texas

14. Louisville

Record expectation: 6 wins

LSU Tigers

1. Southern California

2. Nichols State

3. at South Carolina

4. UCLA

5. South Alabama

6. Open

7. Ole Miss

8. at Arkansas

9. at Texas A&M

10. Open

11. Alabama

12. at Florida

13. Vanderbilt

14. Oklahoma

Record expectation: 9 wins

Ole Miss Rebels

1. Furman

2. Middle Tennessee

3. at Wake Forest

4. Georgia Southern

5. Kentucky

6. at South Carolina

7. at LSU

8. Open

9. Oklahoma

10. at Arkansas

11. Georgia

12. Open

13. at Florida

14. Mississippi State

Record expectation: 10 wins

Mississippi State Bulldogs

1. Eastern Kentucky

2. at Arizona State

3. Toledo

4. Florida

5. at Texas

6. Open

7. at Georgia

8. Texas A&M

9. Arkansas

10. UMass

11. at Tennessee

12. Open

13. Missouri

14. at Ole Miss

Record expectation: 5 wins

Missouri Tigers

1. Murray State

2. Buffalo

3. Boston College

4. Vanderbilt

5. Open

6. at Texas A&M

7. at UMass

8. Auburn

9. at Alabama

10. Open

11. Oklahoma

12. at South Carolina

13. at Mississippi State

14. Arkansas

Record expectation: 9 wins

Oklahoma Sooners

1. Temple

2. Houston

3. Tulane

4. Tennessee

5. at Auburn

6. Open

7. Texas

8. South Carolina

9. at Ole Miss

10. Maine

11. at Missouri

12. Open

13. Alabama

14. at LSU

Record expectation: 8 wins

South Carolina

1. Old Dominion

2. at Kentucky

3. LSU

4. Akron

5. Open

6. Ole Miss

7. at Alabama

8. at Oklahoma

9. Open

10. Texas A&M

11. at Vanderbilt

12. Missouri

13. Wofford

14. at Clemson

Record expectation: 5 wins

Tennessee Volunteers

1. UT-Chattanooga

2. NC State (Charlotte)

3. Kent State

4. at Oklahoma

5. Open

6. at Arkansas

7. Florida

8. Alabama

9. Open

10. Kentucky

11. Mississippi State

12. at Georgia

13. UTEP

14. at Vanderbilt

Record expectation: 9 wins

Texas Longhorns

1. Colorado State

2. at Michigan

3. UTSA

4. Louisiana-Monroe

5. Mississippi State

6. Open

7. Oklahoma (Dallas)

8. Georgia

9. at Vanderbilt

10. Open

11. Florida

12. at Arkansas

13. Kentucky

14. at Texas A&M

Record expectation: 10 wins

Texas A&M Aggies

1. Notre Dame

2. McNeese State

3. at Florida

4. Bowling Green

5. Arkansas

6. Missouri

7. Open

8. at Mississippi State

9. LSU

10. at South Carolina

11. Open

12. New Mexico State

13. at Auburn

14. Texas

Record expectation: 6 wins

Vanderbilt Commodores

1. Virginia Tech

2. Alcorn State

3. at Georgia State

4. at Missouri

5. Open

6. Alabama

7. at Kentucky

8. Ball State

9. Texas

10. at Auburn

11. South Carolina

12. Open

13. at LSU

14. Tennessee

Record expectation: 3 wins

Story originally appeared on Longhorns Wire