The micro‐texture of a cold rolled and annealed ferritic stainless steel is characterized and its effects on the surface ridging during tensile deformation is successfully simulated using a developed crystal plasticity finite element model. The relation between the local crystallographic orientation distribution and surface ridging is analyzed. Further details can be found in the article number http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/srin.202000109 by Liwen Zhang, and co‐workers.