With spring football and the portal movement slowing down (fingers crossed) forecasting the 2024 season becomes an easier proposition. The 13 FBS programs in the Lone Star State share a common feeling heading into June: Hope. New faces and new opportunities provide a fresh slate for rosters and coaching staff.
The 2024 season is a new day for the Great State. Texas reunites with Texas A&M in the SEC and SMU joins the P4 as AAC members. But what are the best- and worst-case scenarios for each team in the upcoming season? We’ll breakdown at each one.
Previous best/worst case scenario pieces for 2024: Texas | Texas A&M | UTSA | Texas State | TCU | Rice | Texas Tech | SMU
NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN
2023 record: 5-7
2024 schedule
Aug. 31 at South Alabama
Sept. 7 SFA
Sept. 14 at Texas Tech
Sept. 21 Wyoming
Sept. 28 Tulsa
Oct. 12 at Florida Atlantic
Oct. 19 at Memphis
Oct. 26 Tulane
Nov. 9 Army
Nov. 16 at UTSA
Nov. 23 East Carolina
Nov. 30 at Temple
Best case for 2024: The AAC isn’t an impossible climb from the middle rungs to the top of the ladder. Tulane lost head coach Willie Fritz. UTSA is without Frank Harris. SMU is in the ACC. No team in college football played in more one-possession games with four minutes left than North Texas’ nine. Win a few more of those coin flips behind an improved defense and veteran Chandler Morris at quarterback and the Mean Green could easily win 8 or 9 games. Maybe more depending on the jump defensively.
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