2025 UTSA Football Predictions: Roadrunners Ranked 66th in RJ Young's Ultimate 136
This isn't your average college football ranking.
My Ultimate 136 is a set of rankings that is fluid, but it's my job to look ahead and make a claim for all FBS teams based on what I know and why I know it. Here are the three pressing questions I started by asking when putting together this list:
- Who do I think is good?
- Why do I think they're good?
- What are the chances they will finish above or below my expectations?
Here is a look at where UTSA lands in my Ultimate 136.
UTSA ranking: 66
Last year’s ranking: 49
Top player: QB Owen McCown: Threw for 3,422 yards last season, ranked 15th in FBS; set a single-game school record with 434 passing yards vs Tulsa; had a 75-yard rushing TD which was the longest by a QB in school history.
RJ's take: Bet on the Roadrunners to make a push toward the College Football Playoff if they can pull off the upset against Texas A&M. Jeff Traylor has won more games in his first five years (46) than Ryan Silverfield (42).
What started ugly last year came to a strong finish with UTSA going 7-6. This year the Roadrunners return 3,200-yard, 25-touchdown passer Owen McCown along with nine starters. The issue for Traylor will be fielding a defense that can stop people, with just six veterans who played more than 200 snaps on the roster, and with A&M and Texas State on the non-conference schedule.
[Check out RJ Young's Ultimate 136 College Football Rankings here]
USTA Win Total Odds: Over 7.5 (-144) Under 7.5 (+118)
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RJ Young is a national college football writer and analyst for FOX Sports. Follow him at @RJ_Young.