Despite an average performance against UTSA, Texas football stayed atop the AP poll as the Longhorns prepare for SEC play this week.

Top-ranked Texas and Arch Manning host UTSA in a Week 3, college football showdown tonight, Sept. 19, at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas.

How the Texas Longhorns graded out in their 30-6 win over UTSA. QB Arch Manning and the offense struggle, but defense gets thigh marks

The Longhorns leaned on a dominant defense that allowed just 143 total yards and zero touchdowns, tuning up for an SEC opener against 15th-ranked Tennessee.

Cam Coleman hauled in two touchdown passes and the Texas defense held UTSA out of the end zone in a 30-6 win. With the 24-point victory, UT wrapped up its nonconference schedule with a 3-0 record and improved to 17-3 in nonconference games during head coach Steve Sarkisian's six-year tenure.

Here are my Snap Judgments from Texas' 30-6 victory over UTSA in which only the Longhorns' defense played like that of a No. 1 team.

This Saturday, we’re backing another promising Group of 6 offense as they take on the toast of college football, Arch Manning and the No. 1 Texas Longhorns. This game was on my radar as soon as the 2026 schedule came into focus.

On Saturday evening, the Texas football program improved to 3-0 on the 2026 college football season with a comfortable 30-6 home win over UTSA. While the Longhorns didn’t dominate as early and often as some expected in this one,