College Football Bottom 10: Texas takes major fall

ESPN's Bottom 10 puts the Longhorns on its dubious list after a single loss, a drop the column says comes with no mercy; ranking giveth, ranking taketh.

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Published 6:40 PM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Updated 11:31 PM ET · aired 2 times

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First reported by ESPN: “👀 College Football Bottom 10: Texas takes major fall”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 6:40 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Hank Ledger, Dale Bearman and Chip Darnell; aired 2 times.
Topics: Texas.

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ESPN👀 College Football Bottom 10: Texas takes major fall

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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorESPN's college football Bottom 10 has Texas on it after one loss, and the list says there is no mercy. Hot take or not.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDale, you're first.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSound check. Texas was ranked high, which is the only crime this list punishes. One loss and you're on it, like a bad tooth.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThis is how the powerful learn that the floor has a basement.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCheck, check. HOT. That basement has a sub-basement.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMy take is that Texas is just resting at the bottom, like a cat in a sunbeam.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTen spots, one sunbeam, and the Longhorns picked the warmest one!
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNOT. A cat chooses.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThey chose to lose!
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy final take: the list is a waiting room, and everyone gets called eventually. I've been sitting in mine since nineteen ninety-eight.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCrime Watch is next, and Rosa has a stakeout and probably a snack.

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