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2025 North Texas Mean Green football team

The 2025 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas as member of the American Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by third-year head coach Eric Morris, the Mean Green played their home games at the DATCU Stadium, located in Denton, Texas. On November 16, the Mean Green were ranked in the AP Poll for the first time since 1959, ending the longest drought for an FBS team. Additionally, on December 2, North Texas was ranked by the College Football Playoff selection committee for the first time. They played the New Mexico Bowl as a ranked team for the first time in school history and defeated San Diego State.

On November 25, Morris was hired as the new head coach at Oklahoma State; Morris remained with the Mean Green through the American Championship Game. On December 2, the university announced that Neal Brown had been hired as the program's new head coach. On December 9, associate head coach Drew Svoboda was named interim head coach for the New Mexico Bowl.

The North Texas Mean Green drew an average home attendance of 24,493, the 86th-highest of all NCAA Division I FBS football teams.

Schedule

The American Athletic Conference announced the 2025 football conference opponents for the Mean Green on August 15, 2024.

‡New DATCU Stadium attendance record.

Rankings

Game summaries

Lamar (FCS)

at Western Michigan

Washington State

at Army

South Alabama

With the win, the Mean Green improved to 5–0, the program's first 5–0 start to a season since 1959.

No. 24 South Florida

UTSA

at Charlotte

Navy

at UAB

at Rice

Temple

at No. 20 Tulane (American Conference Championship Game)

vs. San Diego State (New Mexico Bowl)

References