🏆 Texas 24–23: Largest Fourth-Quarter Rally to Beat an AP No. 1 — Smothers 1-Yard, 25 Seconds

We would not type it at 7. It exists now.

Associated Press, Jim Vertuno: No. 4 Texas 24, No. 1 Ohio State 23, Saturday night at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium. Texas athletics: 105,044. Ohio State led 23–3 after three. Texas scored 21 in the fourth. Hollywood Smothers 1-yard run with 25 seconds left. Gianni Spetic extra point. Texas 2–0. Ohio State 1–1.

Arch Manning: 23-of-37, 196 yards, one touchdown — Ryan Wingo early in the fourth to start it. Completed 11 of his last 15. Directed three scoring drives of 12 plays or longer. Smothers also scored from a yard at 7:14. Connor Hawkins, 3-for-3 earlier, missed from 45. Julian Sayin 278 pass. Jeremiah Smith 8 catches, 164, one TD. Sayin’s last play intercepted.

Sportradar via AP: the 20-point fourth-quarter rally is the largest fourth-quarter comeback to beat an AP No. 1. Texas athletics: first win over an AP No. 1 since SMU, Nov. 4, 1950. First Texas win in three tries against Ohio State over three seasons.

Also Saturday, unused here as the lede: Oklahoma State 39, No. 6 Oregon 31. Alabama 45–17. Evening already ran Michigan 17–10. We will not invent the next poll.

What this means for you

If you waited through 7 p.m., the number is 24–23. If you needed Ann Arbor, that already ran. If you needed a poll, wait for AP.

Bottom line: Texas 24–23. Twenty down. Twenty-five seconds. No invented ranking.

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