Arch Manning has served as Quinn Ewers' understudy for 2 seasons but the time has for come to lead Texas football. Ewers is heading to the NFL draft.

Texas QB Arch Manning is expected to be an agent of change in Austin by the time the Longhorns' next College Football Playoff run rolls around.

Smith and Manning are among the rising superstars who not only helped their teams get to the 2024 postseason but also figure to define the race to the 2025 national championship. They will be household names next fall as two of the biggest figures in the entire sport.

The latest edition of the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship is officially in the books with Ohio State defeating Notre Dame, 34-23 on Monday in Atlanta, Georgia. But it is never too early to look ahead to the next one, and several sportsbooks are view the Texas Longhorns as major contenders for next year's title.

But Manning has done everything his way through his recruitment and since he got to Texas. And now, finally, with Ewers announcing for the NFL Draft on Wednesday, the keys are in Manning’s hands to run the Longhorns’ offense. He’s being handed a Lamborghini and Manning should make it purr.

Texas has reached consecutive College Football Playoff semifinals and posted 25 wins over two years. You have to go all the way back to when Colt McCoy was playing quarterback during coach Mack Brown's heyday more than 15 years ago to find a better stretch.

The Texas Longhorns are heading into a new chapter under quarterback Arch Manning, after back-to-back trips to the College Football Playoff. Texas had a successful 2024 college football season, finishing the year with a 13-3 record and a 7-1 mark in SEC play.

Michael Jenkins takes an early look at the national title odds in college football for next season and discuses where Texas stands in the pecking order.

Texas QB Arch Manning has the Longhorns at the top of one analyst's way-too-early college football rankings following the CFP title game.