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Texas is No. 1: Longhorns sit atop AP Top 25 after comeback win over Ohio State

By Jeff Howe

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After Saturday’s 24-23 comeback win over Ohio State, Texas has replaced the Buckeyes atop the Associated Press Top 25 as the new No. 1-ranked team in the country.

It’s the third consecutive season the Longhorns have been No. 1 in the AP Top 25. Previously ranked No. 4, Texas (2-0) received 56 first-place votes, topping No. 2 Georgia, No. 3 Notre Dame, No. 4 Indiana and No. 5 Miami in Sunday's poll (the Buckeyes fell to No. 6 after losing to the Longhorns).

After spending four weeks in the AP’s top spot in 2024, Texas entered the 2025 season as college football’s No. 1-ranked club. Before Steve Sarkisian’s squad rose to No. 1 following a 31-12 dismantling of reigning national champion Michigan at the Big House on Sept. 7, 2024, the 2008 season was the last time the Longhorns earned an in-season No. 1 ranking.

Mack Brown’s team, which vaulted to the top of the AP Top 25 after a 45-35 win over then-No. 1 Oklahoma on Oct. 11, 2008, was the first Texas squad to be tabbed No. 1 by AP Poll voters since 1984 (excluding the 2005 season, when the Longhorns won the program’s most recent national championship and were ranked No. 1 in the final poll). The current No. 1 ranking marks the 51st time the Longhorns (also No. 1 in the AFCA Coaches Poll) have been the nation’s top team in the AP Poll, which ranks 10th all-time.

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25: SEPT. 13 (FIRST-PLACE VOTES)

1. TEXAS (56)

2. Georgia (3)

3. Notre Dame (1)

4. Indiana (3)

5. Miami (4)

6. Ohio State

7. LSU (1)

8. Ole Miss

9. Texas A&M

10. Alabama

11. BYU

12. USC

13. Texas Tech

14. Penn State

15. Tennessee

16. SMU

17. Utah

18. Iowa

19. Michigan

20. Missouri

21. Oregon

22. Houston

23. Louisville

24. Oklahoma

25. Virginia

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    Lifetime Longhorn

    SuperDave0805

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    54 minutes ago, CHorn427 said:

    Why? Did you see ND vs Wisconsin?

    Did you see Texas in the 1st half?

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    Raistlin

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    1 hour ago, LonghornFan4Ever said:

    That game against Tennessee in Knoxville is scary ngl

    Tennessee is starting a true freshman QB.  Coach Muschamp will have something special for him.  Remember how Ewers and Arch played their first year with better talent around them.

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    CHorn427

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    2 minutes ago, SuperDave0805 said:

    Did you see Texas in the 1st half?

    That wasn’t Wisconsin

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    Jeff Jr

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    1 hour ago, Alex Butler said:

    I still think UGA should be no. 1 they’re the top dawg until we knock them off. 

    I’d rather be #3, but the only poll that matters is the last one.

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    CHorn427

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    46 minutes ago, UT Longhorn said:

    No, i would have preferred they drop Ohio St to 3rd in front of us. Would have been great for the team's focus

    Bro you were born to be an Aggie 😂 If we need to have a chip on our shoulder to win we don’t deserve to win. That’s Baker Mayfield mentality 

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    CHorn427

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    For anyone who thinks ND is better than us: the only area they might outclass us is secondary 

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    Alex Butler

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    6 minutes ago, Jeff Jr said:

    I’d rather be #3, but the only poll that matters is the last one.

    Amen!!

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    UT Longhorn

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    1 minute ago, CHorn427 said:

    Bro you were born to be an Aggie 😂 If we need to have a chip on our shoulder to win we don’t deserve to win. That’s Baker Mayfield mentality 

    "Bro" i appreciate your input. I graduated from UT, so there's that. Just giving my personal preference, and I'm capable of separating that from what logically makes sense understanding how polls work. Texas always has a large target on our back. The target being larger isn't beneficial to the team. In 05 Texas was ranked #2 all season behind USC and they used that as motivation. I'd say that turned out pretty well. 🤘🏼

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    TTown

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    I'll enjoy the ranking but realize we are probably somewhere between 1 and 5 right now. Still so much to improve on, but that's what the early season is for. To get ready for the SEC gauntlet.

    But hell yeah that toughness and culture came through and got us that top spot .That team could have laid down and got beat by 30+. They didn't  and nothing but congrats. Enjoy rolling into Knoxville at #1. Oh boy then it gets real!!

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    TheRoJoShow

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    1 hour ago, SuperDave0805 said:

    Personally I would rank Texas #3 behind Georgia and Notre Dame 

    Georgia yes. ND… no

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