Ranking the 50 most visually-appealing college football uniforms

Few colors are instantly identifiable with a single program like the burnt orange of the Texas Longhorns. Though it did not become a permanent part of the Longhorns palette until the 1960s, that specific shade of orange is now indelibly linked with the Big 12 program.

That color also instantly evokes a logo in the mind. The image of a Texas longhorn steer in burnt orange affixed on the side of a gleaming white helmet sticks in the memory of anyone who follows college football. Simple yet elegant, the Longhorns have no need for additional combinations beyond their two-tone color scheme.

The only thing that alternates in the Texas wardrobe is the jersey. They always wear plain white pants, without any stripes or logos beyond Bevo on one hip and the Nike swoosh on the other. Accompanying those unadorned pants is always either a burnt orange jersey with white letters and numbers or a white jersey with burnt orange letters and numbers.

As the old adage goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” After finally embracing their burnt orange identity under Darrell K. Royal, Texas has spent more than a half-century as one of the most impeccably attired teams not just at the FBS level but across the entire continent of college football teams.