Texas State Bobcats

The Texas State Bobcats play Sun Belt football at UFCU Stadium in San Marcos, a program with deep Texas high school ties and a Division II championship pedigree from decades past. Maroon and gold Bobcats teams have historically been a scrappy, competitive presence in whatever conference they've called home. Texas State's move into a rebuilt Pac-12 for the 2026 season marks the next chapter for a program that's spent over a century evolving through name and conference changes. Bobcat football has long punched for respect in the crowded Texas recruiting landscape.

Football at Texas State (originally Southwest Texas State Normal School) dates to 1904. The Bobcats won back-to-back NCAA Division II national championships in 1981 and 1982, and later added a Southland Conference title in 2008 after overcoming a 21-0 deficit against Sam Houston State. Texas State joined the Sun Belt Conference in 2013 and has yet to win a Sun Belt football title. In July 2025, the school announced it would depart the Sun Belt for a rebuilt Pac-12 Conference beginning with the 2026 season.