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With much of the attention heading into the Week 1 matchup between the No. 1 Texas Longhorns and No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes going to Texas quarterback Arch Manning, Julian Sayin introduced himself to the college football world on Saturday.
2025 marked the first time Texas had ever opened the season at No. 1 in the AP Top 25. But that honor turned out to be exceptionally short-lived: Arch Manning's first start as QB1 for the Longhorns didn't go the way anyone expected, as Ohio State 's defense stole the show in a 14-7 win at the Horseshoe on Saturday afternoon.
Texas entered 2025 as the preseason No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 for the first time and won’t spend a second set of rankings at that spot after losing 14-7 at No. 3 Ohio State. The Longhorns were a slight underdog to the defending national champions before kickoff.
Where will Texas be ranked after its loss to Ohio State in Week 1? Here's an early look at how the rankings could shake up ahead of Week 2.