College Football: Best case and worst case scenarios for 15 top team

TAMPA, FL - JANUARY 09: Head coach Dabo Swinney of the Clemson Tigers looks on before taking on the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship Game at Raymond James Stadium on January 9, 2017 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /

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Texas

Best Case

What should’ve happened in Charlie Strong’s first season finally happens under Tom Herman. The Longhorns are back on the national scene. Texas begins their return to the national stage by stunning the USC Trojans on the road in Los Angeles. Even though the Longhorns lose in the Big 12 title game to Oklahoma State, the nation’s number one defense makes their way to the Cotton Bowl as an at-large team and they defeat Charlie Strong’s South Florida squad in a sort of Shakespearean fashion.

Worst Case

Texas struggles to find a solid number one QB in 2017 as the incumbent Shane Buechele and freshman Sam Ehlinger each fail to be consistent. Despite returning 10 starters on defense in 2017, the Longhorns continue to struggle keeping teams off the scoreboard but do manage to make a bowl game. Even with the school’s first bowl appearance since 2014, the Longhorns leave season in about the same space they come into this season as a team that has the potential to be great but gets in their own way.

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