North Texas·American Athletic

2025 — The Ten-Win Year

North Texas's 2025 season (12-2) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 12-2
Final result 12-win season Won the New Mexico Bowl
AP final #23 post-bowls
SP+ +3.9 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Lamar 51-0 W @ West Mic 33-30 W vs Wash St 59-10 W @ Army 45-38 W vs Sout Ala 36-22 L vs Sout Flo 36-63 W vs UTSA 55-17 W @ Charlo 54-20 W vs Navy 31-17 W @ UAB 53-24 W @ Rice 56-24 W vs Temple 52-25 L @ Tulane 21-34 W @ San Sta 49-47 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2025.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2025 season's largest margin: North Texas 51, Lamar 0. A 51-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: North Texas 36, South Florida 63. A 27-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: North Texas beat San Diego State 49-47 in the postseason.

"GMG"
— North Texas fanbase voice · 2025· synthesized
What it meant

2025 is a middle chapter for North Texas — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.