Texas jumped seven spots to No. 4 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday after beating Alabama, and the Pac-12 became just the second conference to place as many as eight teams in an AP Top 25.
Two-time reigning national champion Georgia of the Southeastern Conference received 55 first-place votes to remain the clear No. 1. Michigan of the Big Ten was No. 2, with two-first place votes. No. 3 Florida State of the Atlantic Coast Conference received three first-place votes and moved up a spot.
Texas, in its final season in the Big 12 before moving to the SEC, received two-first place votes after its biggest regular-season victory in years. The Longhorns are in the top five for the first time since starting the 2010 season at No. 5 and have their highest ranking since finishing No. 2 after losing the BCS national title game to Alabama to cap the 2009 season.
Behind quarterback Quinn Ewers, Texas became the first team to beat Alabama by double-digits on its home field under coach Nick Saban, whose Tuscaloosa tenure began in 2007 and restored the Crimson Tide to the status of both SEC and national power.
The loss dropped Alabama seven spots to No. 10, its lowest ranking since early last November, when the Tide also were 10th.