AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas is ranked No. 1 in both the preseason Associated Press Top 25 and USA Today coaches polls, and Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian couldn't care less.

"It really doesn't matter," he said after practice Monday. "I tell the guys exactly that. It's irrelevant to the way the season is going to go. It's irrelevant to the way we're going to play and how our opponents are going to play us. Maybe it puts a little bit bigger of a target on our back."

Arch Manning said it best during the SEC media days when responding to questions about being the odds-on favorite to win the Heisman Trophy with just two career starts under his belt.

"Talk is cheap. I've gotta go prove it," he said.

That's exactly how Sarkisian feels about the rankings.

"The reality is that we have to go do

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