Texas took its place atop the college football world on Saturday night, knocking off No. 1 Ohio State with 21 unanswered points in a 24-23 win in Austin.<\/p>\n
The Longhorns (2-0), No. 4 in the previous AP rankings, trailed 23-3 in the fourth quarter to the Buckeyes, who jumped out to a 10-0 first-quarter lead off two turnovers. <\/p>\n
Texas tailback Hollywood Smothers scored the game-winning touchdown on a 1-yard dive with 25 seconds left, and Ohio State (1-1) was unable to answer in the closing seconds.<\/p>\n
Two-time defending SEC champion Georgia (2-0) should maintain the No. 2 spot after beating Western Kentucky 70-20 despite pulling quarterback Gunner Stockton midway through the second quarter with the Bulldogs up 42-0.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs have scored 133 points through their first two games, while Stockton has led his team to touchdowns on all 11 offensive series he has played this season.<\/p>\n
Miami (2-0), with Heisman Trophy favorite Darien Mensah at quarterback, ran up a 77-7 win over Florida A&M on Thursday night and is primed for the No. 3 spot, while Ohio State should fall no lower than No. 4 in this week\u2019s poll.<\/p>\n
Notre Dame has the look of a No. 5 team after rolling to a 52-0 win over Rice, while LSU, on the heels of its resounding 51-10 season-opening win over Clemson, struggled in the first half against Louisiana Tech \u2014 leading only 10-7 \u2014 before pulling away for a 45-14 victory.<\/p>\n
Defending national champion Indiana stayed undefeated with a 55-0 win over FCS-school Howard, and Alabama maintained the look of a top 10 team by beating Kentucky in Lexington, 45-17.<\/p>\n
Keelon Russell, the Tide\u2019s freshman quarterback, overcame two interceptions to pass for 188 yards and a touchdown as the Alabama defense held Kentucky to just 1-of-14 on third down conversions and 209 total yards.<\/p>\n
SEC teams Texas A&M and Ole Miss took care of business — the Aggies beating Arizona State 48-20, the Rebels topping Charlotte 41-9 — to round out the top 10.<\/p>\n
Oregon, No. 6 in last week\u2019s poll, suffered a shocking 39-31 loss at Oklahoma State after entering the game as a 23.5-point favorite and should tumble down, if not out, of the rankings.<\/p>\n
The Ducks had won 41-straight games against AP-unranked opponents before the loss.<\/p>\n
Mike Griffith\u2019s AP Top 25 ballot<\/p>\n
1. Texas (2-0) <\/p>\n
Won 24-23 over Ohio State<\/p>\n
2. Georgia (2-0)<\/p>\n
Won 70-20 over Western Kentucky<\/p>\n
3. Miami (2-0)<\/p>\n
Won 77-7 over Florida A&M<\/p>\n
4. Ohio State (1-1)<\/p>\n
Lost 24-23 at Texas<\/p>\n
5. Notre Dame (2-0)<\/p>\n
Won 52-0 over Rice<\/p>\n
6. LSU (2-0 )<\/p>\n
Won 45-14 over Louisiana Tech<\/p>\n
7. Indiana (2-0)<\/p>\n
Won 55-0 over Howard<\/p>\n
8. Alabama (2-0)<\/p>\n
Won 45-17 at Kentucky <\/p>\n
9. Texas A&M (2-0)<\/p>\n
Won 48-20 over Arizona State<\/p>\n
10. Ole Miss (2-0)<\/p>\n
Won 41-9 over Charlotte<\/p>\n
11. BYU (2-0)<\/p>\n
Won 28-17 over Arizona<\/p>\n
12. USC (3-0)<\/p>\n
Won 49-30 over Louisiana <\/p>\n
13. Tennessee (2-0)<\/p>\n
Won 45-24 over Georgia Tech<\/p>\n
14. Penn State (2-0)<\/p>\n
Won 27-9 over Temple<\/p>\n
15. Florida (2-0)<\/p>\n
Won 52-3 over Campbell <\/p>\n
16. Michigan (2-0)<\/p>\n
Won 17-10 over Oklahoma<\/p>\n
17. Texas Tech (2-0)<\/p>\n
Won 35-24 over Oregon State <\/p>\n
18. SMU (2-0)<\/p>\n
Won 56-10 over UC Davis<\/p>\n
19. Louisville (1-1)<\/p>\n
Won 59-13 over Villanova <\/p>\n
20. Utah (2-0)<\/p>\n
Won 43-10 over Arkansas <\/p>\n
21. Oklahoma (1-1)<\/p>\n
Lost 17-10 at Michigan <\/p>\n
22. Houston (2-0)<\/p>\n
Won 77-6 over Southern <\/p>\n
23. Virginia (2-0)<\/p>\n
Won 59-3 over Norfolk State <\/p>\n
24. Missouri (2-0)<\/p>\n
Won 38-21 at Kansas <\/p>\n
25. Iowa (2-0)<\/p>\n
Won 16-13 over Iowa State <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas took its place atop the college football world on Saturday night, knocking off No. 1 Ohio State…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,261,416,300,154],"class_list":["post-435391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-college-football","tag-college-sports","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435391","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=435391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}