{"id":434945,"date":"2026-09-13T18:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T18:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434945\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T18:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T18:54:14","slug":"ap-top-25-poll-texas-jumps-to-no-1-after-wild-win-vs-ohio-state-in-week-3-college-football-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434945\/","title":{"rendered":"AP Top 25 poll: Texas jumps to No. 1 after wild win vs. Ohio State in Week 3 college football rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"

After an all-time comeback,\u00a0Texas<\/a>\u00a0is your new top-ranked team in the country.<\/p>\n

The Longhorns are No. 1 in Associated Press Top 25 rankings following a thrilling 24-23 win over then-No. 1\u00a0Ohio State<\/a>\u00a0on Saturday night. Texas scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns to stun the Buckeyes who became the first No. 1 team since 1988 to blow a 20-point lead. It is the earliest Texas is ranked No. 1 in a regular season poll since 1965.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ohio State (1-1) dropped to No. 6 in the new Top 25 rankings. Behind Texas, the rest of the top five are No. 2 Georgia, No. 3 Notre Dame, No. 4 Indiana and No. 5 Miami. All received at least one first-place vote as did No. 7 LSU. Interestingly, Miami received more first-place votes than any team other than Texas even though it sits at No. 5 in the rankings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes weren’t the only Big Ten team to take a big tumble in the polls.\u00a0Oregon<\/a>\u00a0dropped from No. 6 to No. 21 after a shocking road loss to\u00a0Oklahoma State<\/a>. The Ducks started the season ranked No. 2 in the country before its precipitous fall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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All eyes will be on Oxford next weekend as No. 7\u00a0LSU<\/a>\u00a0travels to No. 8\u00a0Ole Miss<\/a>\u00a0in Lane Kiffin’s hotly anticipated return to his former home.\u00a0<\/p>\n

AP Top 25 poll1Texas<\/a> (56)2-01,67842Georgia<\/a>2-01,55123Notre Dame<\/a> (1)2-01,53134Indiana<\/a> (6)2-01,46655Miami (FL)<\/a> (4)2-01,45276Ohio State<\/a>1-11,40717LSU<\/a> (1)2-01,33488Ole Miss<\/a>2-01,21699Texas A&M<\/a>2-01,1651010Alabama<\/a>2-01,0681211BYU<\/a>2-0966T1412USC3-0944T1413Texas Tech<\/a>2-09101314Penn State<\/a>2-06921615Tennessee<\/a>2-06761816SMU<\/a>2-06361717Utah<\/a>2-05582018Iowa<\/a>2-03912119Michigan<\/a>2-0382NR20Missouri<\/a>2-03442321Oregon<\/a>1-1324622Houston<\/a>2-02922223Louisville<\/a>1-12442424Oklahoma<\/a>1-12221125Virginia<\/a>2-018225<\/p>\n

Also receiving votes: Washington<\/a> 172, Florida<\/a> 83, Boise State<\/a> 57, Oklahoma State<\/a> 36, Western Michigan<\/a> 35, Tulsa<\/a> 18, Mississippi State<\/a> 17, South Carolina<\/a> 15, Virginia Tech<\/a> 11, UCLA<\/a> 9, James Madison<\/a> 6, Arizona<\/a> 5, North Dakota State<\/a> 3, Pittsburgh<\/a> 1, Kansas State<\/a> 1<\/p>\n

SEC dominates top 10<\/p>\n

Not only does the SEC have the new No. 1 team in the country, it has taken over the top 10. The SEC has a whopping six teams in this week’s top 10. It is well deserved so far with how the league has fared, starting with a 16-0 Week 1 record and non-conference wins over Ohio State, Arizona State<\/a>, Georgia Tech<\/a>, Minnesota<\/a> and Kansas<\/a> in Week 2. The only disappointments for the conference were Oklahoma’s loss to Michigan and Utah throttling Arkansas<\/a>, 43-10.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The SEC will inevitably beat itself up as conference play begins — the loser of LSU-Ole Miss is likely to drop out of the top 10 — but it is the kind of strong early start the SEC needs ahead of the debut of a 9-game conference slate. The path to matching last season’s five College Football<\/a> Playoff teams is very much still there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The SEC leads the way with nine total top 25 teams, edging out the Big Ten’s seven and the ACC’s four.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Two other top 25 games to watch in Week 3<\/p>\n

No. 7 LSU at No. 8 Ole Miss isn’t the only big game being played next weekend, even if it might feel that way in the South. There are two non-SEC games that could have a significant impact on conference and playoff races.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Friday night, No. 22 Houston travels to Lubbock to take on No. 13 Texas Tech. Houston looked dominant against the vastly overmatched Southern, 77-6, while Texas Tech struggled to put away Oregon State<\/a>. The Red Raiders easily won this game a year ago (35-11) but this one should be closer. Texas Tech was the popular pick to win the Big 12, but the Cougars could put themselves into the driver’s seat with a win.\u00a0<\/p>\n

No. 16 SMU at No. 23 Louisville on Saturday afternoon could be crucial for the ACC’s efforts to get multiple teams into the playoff. No. 5 Miami looks like a good bet right. now, but the second option could emerge out of this game. SMU survived a wild game at Florida State<\/a> while Louisville lost a close one against Ole Miss. A second loss for the Cardinals before the month of September ends would be damaging.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After an all-time comeback,\u00a0Texas\u00a0is your new top-ranked team in the country. The Longhorns are No. 1 in Associated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[778,414,2698,2747,793,794,261,2745,773,782,788,2742,768,2706,10524,2764,789,4856,786,774,795,2705,2750,787,77642,779,781,772,9820,797,769,2744,771,6624,7284,5024,790,27,260,29,537,28,415,30019,792,767,780,762,9815,2714,29097],"class_list":["post-434945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-alabama-crimson-tide","tag-arizona-state-sun-devils","tag-arizona-wildcats","tag-arkansas-razorbacks","tag-boise-state-broncos","tag-byu-cougars","tag-college-football","tag-florida-gators","tag-florida-state-seminoles","tag-georgia-bulldogs","tag-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets","tag-houston-cougars","tag-indiana-hoosiers","tag-iowa-hawkeyes","tag-james-madison-dukes","tag-kansas-jayhawks","tag-kansas-state-wildcats","tag-louisville-cardinals","tag-lsu-tigers","tag-miami-fla-hurricanes","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-minnesota-golden-gophers","tag-mississippi-state-bulldogs","tag-missouri-tigers","tag-north-dakota-state-bison","tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-oklahoma-sooners","tag-oklahoma-state-cowboys","tag-ole-miss-rebels","tag-oregon-ducks","tag-oregon-state-beavers","tag-penn-state-nittany-lions","tag-pittsburgh-panthers","tag-smu-mustangs","tag-south-carolina-gamecocks","tag-tennessee-volunteers","tag-texas","tag-texas-am-aggies","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-tech-red-raiders","tag-tulsa-golden-hurricane","tag-ucla-bruins","tag-usc-trojans","tag-utah-utes","tag-virginia-cavaliers","tag-virginia-tech-hokies","tag-washington-huskies","tag-western-michigan-broncos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}