The Manning Award released its 2025 watch list list this week, and it includes some of the top names in college football such as Penn State's Drew Allar and LSU's Garrett Nussmeier. However, there was one notable quarterback missing: Arch Manning of the Texas Longhorns.

The Texas Longhorns will open the 2025 football season in front of a packed Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, as every ticket for the home slate is officially gone. The program’s official account called it “the hottest ticket in town” when announcing the sellout, a sign of the anticipation building in Austin.

In the glimpses that Texas fans got of Manning, they saw a quarterback with a big arm that isn't afraid to air it out, and also someone who is a great athlete that can hurt defenses with his feet. The first game of the Manning era will take place on Aug. 30 against No. 3 Ohio State.

The championship expectations that surround the Texas Longhorns headed into the 2025 season have not been seen in Austin in a very long time. The 2025 season

Texas A&M legend Johnny Manziel offered advice to Arch Manning while admitting he wants the Longhorns quarterback to struggle when he faces the Aggies in November.

Quinn Ewers' NFL debut left fans wondering why it took so long for Arch Manning to win the Texas Longhorns job. Will NFL front offices have similar questions?

By all accounts, expectations are sky high for Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning in 2025. The Longhorns begin the season ranked No. 1 in the AP

Per an anonymous SEC coach, the hype around Texas quarterback Arch Manning has become 'impossible' to live up to.

Texas football will begin 2025 as the top-ranked team in the country. If the Longhorns fail to deliver on that promise, these factors could be why.

Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian claims that quarterback Arch Manning was not "catastrophically bad" in scrimmage.