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Where does your team stand? Updating the 12 Texas FBS college football teams after Nov. 11 games
Nov 12, 2017, 6:56 am
Kliff Kingsbury and Tech got a much-needed win. Thomas B. Shea/Getty Images
Texas has 12 FBS teams. Each week we will rank them based on season-long performance, the prior game, and success relative to their level. These are the rankings after Nov. 4 games.
No. 12: UTEP
The beating goes on for the winless Miners. North Texas took them to the woodshed.
No. 11: Rice
The Owls at least put up a fight against Southern Miss. Alas, it was still a losing effort.
No. 10: Texas State
The Bobcats are playing better football, but lost 33-30 to Georgia State. At least it wasn't George Strait.
No. 9: Baylor
The Bears will probably have to be happy with that win over Kansas. They were competitive against Tech, but could not get the job done.
No. 8: UTSA
The Road Runners lost at home to improving UAB. They would fall on this list except there is nowhere to go with the teams behind them being putrid.
No. 7: North Texas
The Mean Green are likely headed for the C-USA championship game and are playing solid football.
No. 6: Texas Tech
The Red Raiders got back to .500 with a win over lowly Baylor and need one more victory for bowl eligibility.
No. 5: SMU
For a second straight week, the Ponies threw a scare into a superior opponent, but came up short in a 43-40 loss to Navy.
No. 4: Texas
The Longhorns are now 5-5 after taking out woeful Kansas. A trip to West Virginia and Tech remain as the Horns seek bowl eligibility.
No. 3: Houston
The Cougars were off. Tulane and Navy are left on the schedule.
No. 2: Texas A&M
The Aggies thumped New Mexico, but then again, they were supposed to thump New Mexico.
No. 1: TCU
The Frogs dropped their second of the season, losing to OU and all but killing their playoff hopes.
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Jul 10, 2025, 3:46 pm
Jake Meyers is the latest Astro to be rushed back from injury too soon. Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images.
Houston center fielder Jake Meyers was removed from Wednesday night’s game against Cleveland during pregame warmups because of right calf tightness.
Meyers, who had missed the last two games with a right calf injury, jogged onto the field before the game but soon summoned the training staff, who joined him on the field to tend to him. He remained on the field on one knee as manager Joe Espada joined the group. After a couple minutes, Meyers got up and was helped off the field and to the tunnel in right field by a trainer.
Mauricio Dubón moved from shortstop to center field and Zack Short entered the game to replace Dubón at shortstop.
Meyers is batting .308 with three homers and 21 RBIs this season.
After the game, Meyers met with the media and spoke about the injury. Meyers declined to answer when asked if the latest injury feels worse than the one he sustained Sunday. Wow, that is not a good sign.
Asked if this calf injury feels worse than the one he sustained on Sunday, Jake Meyers looked toward a team spokesman and asked "do I have to answer that?" He did not and then politely ended the interview.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) July 10, 2025
Lack of imaging strikes again!
The Athletic's Chandler Rome reported on Thursday that the Astros didn't do any imaging on Meyers after the initial injury. You can't make this stuff up. This is exactly the kind of thing that has the Astros return-to-play policy under constant scrutiny.
The All-Star break is right around the corner, why take the risk in playing Meyers after missing just two games with calf discomfort? The guy literally fell to the ground running out to his position before the game started. The people that make these risk vs. reward assessments clearly are making some serious mistakes.
The question remains: will the Astros finally do something about it?