 The Longhorns finished the season as the only unbeaten team in the nation , going 13 – 0 overall . Texas won 13 games in a season for the first time in school history . Only five teams have ever won more games ( 14 ) and posted a perfect record in a single NCAA Division I @-@ A football season before the College Football Playoff : Ohio State in 2002 , Alabama and Boise State in 2009 , Auburn in 2010 , and Florida State in 2013 . Fourteen other teams have scored 13 wins in a season . 
