 The 2004 team had the first Bowl Championship Series win for any Texas team and the 2005 team won the National Championship (the fourth for the Texas football program).The 2006 team finished with 10 wins, 3 losses, including a victory in the 2006 Alamo Bowl.They received a final-ranking of 13th in the nation by both the Associated Press AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches' Poll

Texas entered the 2007 season ranked third in the all-time list of both total wins and winning percentage.