They are not who CBS Sports senior writer, Dennis Dodd has ranked as the No. 1 team in his "way-too-early" top-25. Rather, the Texas Longhorns find themselves as the nation's top team heading into the 2025 season.

On Tuesday, the Associated Press also released its final poll for the 2024 football season. Texas ranked fourth behind Ohio State, Notre Dame and Oregon. This marked the 22nd time since 1936 that the Longhorns have been a top-five team in the AP's final poll.

The Texas Longhorns finished the season in the No. 4 spot on the AP Poll. Behind Ohio State, Notre Dame and Oregon.

Texas, which lost to eventual national champion Ohio State in the CFP semifinals, was the highest-ranked team from the SEC.

Texas will be coming off a College Football Playoff semifinal appearance and looking to top a 13-3 season that ended in the Cotton Bowl. It's already been a busy 2025 for the Longhorns, with plenty of transfer portal activity and a reported new extension for head coach Steve Sarkisian.

The 2024 college football season has officially come to a close, with the Ohio State Buckeyes defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Monday night to claim t