30 best jerseys in college football

20. Texas (White)

Even though the University of Texas hasn’t made much noise on a national level since their National Championship appearance in 2009, they’re still one of college football’s most storied programs. Today, the Longhorns are closely associated with white and burnt orange. However, it hasn’t always been that way as the university once held a vote to decide the school’s colors after trying out multiple different uniform colors including gold, yellow and maroon. Texas is one of the only major universities to have its students, staff and alumni choose the colors nearly two decades after the school’s opening.

Texas has worn the orange and white since the late 1890s. While that has always been the case, the shade of orange has changed over the years. Until the 1928 season, the Longhorns were often mocked because the lighter shade of orange faded to yellow by the end of the season. In 1928, Texas adopted what is referred to today as burnt orange as a school color. However, they quickly resorted back to the light orange in wake of the Great Depression due to costs. As fitting as it is, it wasn’t until Darrell K Royal that the ‘Horns began wearing the burnt orange once again. Thank goodness for that.

Some historic moments have been made by the Longhorns in white. Most notably, that beautiful January night in 2006 when Vince Young scurried to the end zone to give the Longhorns the national title. Further, it looks fantastic. When the Longhorns break out all white, it looks magnificent. Along with the orange Longhorn logo on the helmet, the burnt orange lettering and numbering on the uniform bring the whole thing together. Longevity, looks and Longhorns.