SUN SPORTS:...Longhorns Climb to #4 In AP Rankings, Colorado to #18...

 

By EDUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ

McALLEN, Texas | Funny what one win will do for you in college football rankings. Lose this early in the season and see yourself dropping like a rock. Win and find yourself climbing the charts, like the Texas Longhorns who this weekend went from #11 to #4 after beating Alabama, 34-24.

Colorado, at #22 entering its game with Nebraska on Saturday, is now at #18 after whipping the Huskers in Boulder, 36-14.

Alabama, the old #4? It fell to #10 following its loss to Texas at home.

This from statesman.com on the Horns: [ "Like I said coming into the game, this game is not going to define our season," Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said. "We’ve got 10 more regular-season games to play."

Added QB Quinn Ewers, who threw for 349 yards and three touchdowns: "It’s still early, we’ve still got a lot of games left, a lot of games to play. So we'll enjoy this for 24 hours and regroup and see where we're at."

Time to move on. Or as receiver Xavier Worthy said in his postgame press conference, "game over. We're on to Wyoming."

Next up for the Longhorns is a home game this weekend against Wyoming. The Cowboys and Longhorns last met in 2012, and Texas owns a 5-0 lead in the all-time series.

A Mountain West Conference representative, Wyoming is off to a 2-0 start. This past weekend’s 31-17 win over Portland State wasn’t overly impressive, but the Cowboys did open their season with a double-overtime win over Big 12 preseason darling Texas Tech.

The Longhorns now are a top-five team in the Associated Press poll for the first time since the beginning of the 2010 season. ]

That year, the Horns slumped and finished the Big 12 year in sixth place, with a record of 5-7.

Yes, it's early, but 2-0 is way better than 1-1.

Ask Alabama...

-30-