Who will Texas face every year in the SEC now? On3’s bold predictions are in

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey just approved the league's switch from an 8-game conference schedule to a 9-game conference schedule starting in 2026.

Now, the current crop of schedules will have to be shaken up and redone based on the guidelines and regulations of the new scheduling format. According to On3's Andy Staples, each team will have at least 3-4 teams that they'll play annually, no matter what.

His predictions for the Longhorns are Texas A&M, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.

With everything that's going on right now in college football, it's realistic to think that Texas will indeed want to continue playing its long-time rivals every season in A&M, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.

Speaking of Arkansas, it's funny because there are fans on both sides who don't really consider the Longhorns and Razorbacks to be rivals anymore. Arkansas HC Sam Pittman recently spoke on the rivalry in an interview.

When asked about Razorback fans and if they still care about the rivalry, Pittman said:

"I feel like they do. I feel like it was a very passionate, very loud football game. Obviously, we lost 20-10 [last] year, but I believe that it is reviving the Texas-Arkansas rivalry. And, we’re 1-1 in that. Going down to Texas, tough place to play, great football team — but we’ll be looking forward to going down there.

I’m sure they’ll be looking forward to getting us down there, but we have not played down there in those two games… But I believe, if you ask our fan base, and from the feel of the stadium — when we play the University of Texas, I believe that it’s one of our [biggest] rivals, if not number one."

Overall, I agree with Andy Staples' trio of teams that he believes Texas will schedule every year for the foreseeable future.