DALLAS — Coach Steve Sarkisian and No. 1 Texas certainly know about going into their Red River rivalry game already with two losses, like Oklahoma has now, and what can happen next.

The Longhorns (4-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) were in that exact position last October. They had plummeted from preseason No. 1 to unranked for the game in the middle of the State Fair of Texas, then beat previously undefeated No. 6 Oklahoma .