Sand Mountain Reporter

A loss by the nation’s No. 1 team wasn’t enough to move second-ranked Alabama to the top.

Instead, Texas is now the highest-ranked team in the nation.

The Longhorns were No. 5 going into Saturday’s Red River Rivalry game with Oklahoma but pulled a 45-35 upset of the top-ranked Sooners.

Alabama had been ranked second since the 41-31 victory at then-No. 3 Georgia on Sept. 27.

The Crimson Tide held on to the No. 2 ranking – its highest since the 1992 national championship – after a 17-14 victory over Kentucky on Oct. 4. The Tide was idle Saturday.

Alabama (6-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) will play host to unranked Ole Miss (3-3, 1-2) on Saturday. CBS will televise the game nationally at 2:30 p.m.

Alabama is the SEC’s last remaining unbeaten team after LSU lost at Florida and Vanderbilt tumbled at Mississippi State.

Auburn lost Saturday for the second consecutive week – 25-22 to Arkansas, which had not yet won an SEC game – and fell out of the Top 25.
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The complete poll:
1. Texas
2. Alabama
3. Penn State
4. Oklahoma
5. Florida
6. Southern California
7. Texas Tech
8. Oklahoma State
9. Brigham Young
10. Georgia
11. Missouri
12. Ohio State
13. LSU
14. Utah
15. Boise State
16. Kansas
17. Virginia Tech
18. North Carolina
19. South Florida
20. Michigan State
21. Wake Forest
22. Vanderbilt
23. Pittsburgh
24. Ball State
25. California

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