Voters agree with Colt, Texas is number 1!
Well lookie here, the Texas Longhorns are the new number one team in the land. After the team’s big win over Oklahoma the team vaulted from number five in both polls to the very top. Huge shakeup this week with losses in the top five by OU, Missouri, and LSU, but in the AP poll the Sooners surprisingly only fell to number four. Alabama is a very close second in both polls followed by Penn State.
This week’s opponent Missouri fell out of the top ten with a loss, but they’re still a very good team and it doesn’t get easier after them. Due to the way the schedules lay out, the Longhorns could actually face two more top five teams in Oklahoma State and Texas Tech if they win the games they should and stay undefeated.
Check out this week’s rankings or view the top 10 teams below:
| AP Top 25 | USA Today Poll | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas (39) 6-0 1,599 | Texas (44) 6-0 1,505 | |
| 2 | Alabama (26) 6-0 1,582 | Alabama (14) 6-0 1,452 | |
| 3 | Penn State 7-0 1,492 | Penn State (3) 7-0 1,416 | |
| 4 | Oklahoma 5-1 1,306 | USC 4-1 1,198 | |
| 5 | Florida 5-1 1,284 | Texas Tech 6-0 1,195 | |
| 6 | USC 4-1 1,247 | Oklahoma 5-1 1,147 | |
| 7 | Texas Tech 6-0 1,210 | Florida 5-1 1,145 | |
| 8 | Oklahoma State 6-0 1,184 | Brigham Young 6-0 1,143 | |
| 9 | Brigham Young 6-0 1,131 | Georgia 5-1 1,010 | |
| 10 | Georgia 5-1 1,081 | Oklahoma State 6-0 958 |
No upsets mean not much movement within the top of the rankings this week. Alabama looked shaky and almost went down but otherwise just South Florida suffered a loss. The Oklahoma Sooners won impressively and picked up additional first place votes heading into their match-up against the good guys. The Longhorns stayed at number five in both polls but did lose a few points in the USA Today Coaches Poll, despite easily handling a solid conference opponent.
Check out this week’s rankings or view the top 10 teams below:
| AP Top 25 | USA Today Poll | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma (51) 5-0 1,608 | Oklahoma (60) 5-0 1,524 | |
| 2 | Alabama (13) 6-0 1,537 | Missouri 5-0 1,404 | |
| 3 | Missouri (1) 5-0 1,487 | LSU (1) 4-0 1,398 | |
| 4 | LSU 4-0 1,444 | Alabama 6-0 1,339 | |
| 5 | Texas 5-0 1,374 | Texas 5-0 1,305 | |
| 6 | Penn State 6-0 1,287 | Penn State 6-0 1,203 | |
| 7 | Texas Tech 5-0 1,163 | Texas Tech 5-0 1,101 | |
| 8 | USC 3-1 1,137 | Brigham Young 5-0 1,086 | |
| 9 | Brigham Young 5-0 1,103 | USC 3-1 1,055 | |
| 10 | Georgia 4-1 1,014 | Georgia 4-1 937 |
Thanks to upsets losses by USC, Georgia, and Florida the Longhorns have vaulted into the top five of both the AP and USA Today Coaches polls. Alabama flew past the Horns after their win over the UGA but the easy win over Arkansas was enough to move Texas up to spots to the number five ranking. Texas is relatively comfortably ahead of Penn State in both polls, but rankings this week don’t matter much as Texas will prove itself over the next three weeks when they face Oklahoma and Missouri in consecutive games.
Check out this week’s rankings or view the top 10s below:
| AP Top 25 | USA Today Poll | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma (43) 4-0 1,599 | Oklahoma (57) 4-0 1,520 | |
| 2 | Alabama (21) 5-0 1,565 | LSU (1) 4-0 1,399 | |
| 3 | LSU 4-0 1,466 | Missouri 4-0 1,398 | |
| 4 | Missouri (1) 4-0 1,453 | Alabama (2) 5-0 1,350 | |
| 5 | Texas 4-0 1,362 | Texas (1) 4-0 1,310 | |
| 6 | Penn State 5-0 1,252 | Penn State 5-0 1,146 | |
| 7 | Texas Tech 4-0 1,105 | Brigham Young 4-0 1,054 | |
| 8 | Brigham Young 4-0 1,098 | Texas Tech 4-0 1,047 | |
| 9 | USC 2-1 1,087 | USC 2-1 990 | |
| 10 | South Florida 5-0 1,035 | Georgia 4-1 888 |
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