New No. 1: Texas Longhorns Top CFB Rankings After Historic Comeback

The Texas Longhorns took down the nation's top team in most dramatic fashion.

And in the aftermath, Steve Sarkisian's group has claimed the top spot in both major college football top-25 rankings.

Texas is now the No. 1 team in the nation in both the Associated Press and US LBM Coaches polls after the Longhorns' Week 2 win over former top-ranked Ohio State, 24-23, on Saturday.

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The Buckeyes, despite controlling much of the contest in Austin until a late rally by the Longhorns, fell five spots to No. 5 in the rankings.

The drop for Ohio State wasn't the only significant Big Ten move down the ranking. Oregon fell from No. 6 to 21 after losing at Oklahoma State to a Cowboys roster that features 91 new faces under head coach Eric Morris.

Still, Ohio State's defeat - which head coach Ryan Day described as "having them against the ropes and didn't finish" - was historic. Texas' 20-point comeback was the largest fourth-quarter rally against a No. 1 ranked team in the AP top-25 era.

The Longhorns, in fact, got some help from the Buckeyes' most hated rival, too. Michigan and Oklahoma squared off in an inverse rivalry matchup as the one in Austin, with the unranked Wolverines beating the No. 11 Sooners in Ann Arbor. Texas' Red River rivals fell to No. 24 in the new poll as Michigan, rebounding from its near-upset to Western Michigan, returned to the rankings at No. 19.

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The win for Texas was a statement performance for veteran quarterback Arch Manning, who slayed the Buckeyes after a rough season-opening loss a year ago in Columbus, which Manning admitted had given him nightmares ever since.

Manning overcame several miscues around him - such as a first-play fumble and several dropped passes, one of which was tipped for an interception - to throw for 195 yards and rush for 24 more. His touchdown pass to Ryan Wingo kickstarted the comeback, and the two mature offensive drives to follow were punctuated by Hollywood Smothers rushing in for rushing touchdowns.

Sarkisian preached that the effort should tell his team a lot about it's ability to respond to adversity and stay resilient. That will need to carry into the rest of the season and more shortcomings inevitably knock Texas off this high, and as the Longhorns face challenges in hostile territory.

Aside from the annual matchup in Dallas against the Sooners, Texas' next two toughest SEC battles come on the road - at current-No. 7 LSU on Nov. 14 and at No. 9 Texas A&M in the regular-season two weeks later.

Texas also travels to Missouri to face a Tigers squad currently sitting No. 20 in the rankings, making for three of the final four games of the season coming on the road against teams current inside the top 20 nationally.

Prior to that, the Longhorns have games against No. 15 Tennessee (again on the road) and No. 8 Ole Miss to look forward to.

For now, the Horns will take their new top ranking into a home bout with UTSA scheduled for 7 p.m. on Sep. 19 in Austin.