2025 North Texas Mean Green football team

2025 North Texas Mean Green football
New Mexico Bowl champion
ConferenceAmerican Conference
Ranking
APNo. 24
Record12–2 (7–1 American)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJordan Davis (3rd season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorSkyler Cassity (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumDATCU Stadium
2025 American Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 18 Tulane y$^   7 1     11 3  
No. 24 North Texas y   7 1     12 2  
No. 23 Navy   7 1     11 2  
South Florida   6 2     9 4  
East Carolina   6 2     9 4  
Memphis   4 4     8 5  
Army   4 4     7 6  
UTSA   4 4     7 6  
Temple   3 5     5 7  
Florida Atlantic   3 5     4 8  
Rice   2 6     5 8  
UAB   2 6     4 8  
Tulsa   1 7     4 8  
Charlotte   0 8     1 11  
Championship: Tulane 34, North Texas 21
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

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.