Texas hooks top spot in coaches poll

Texas vaulted into the top spot Sunday night when the latest USA Today college football coaches' poll was released.

The unbeaten Longhorns (6-0) downed archrival Oklahoma, last week's No. 1 team, 45-35, Saturday in the annual Red River Shootout at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.

Texas was followed in the top five by Alabama (6-0), Penn State (7-0), Southern California (4-1) and Texas Tech (6-0).

Spots 6-10 were manned by the Sooners (5-1), Florida (5-1), Brigham Young (6-0), Georgia (5-1) and Oklahoma State (6-0).

Ohio State (6-1) leads the next 10 schools at No. 11, followed by Missouri (5-1), Utah (7-0), LSU (4-1), Kansas (5-1), Boise State (5-0), Michigan State (6-1), Virginia Tech (5-1), Wake Forest (4-1) and South Florida (5-1).

The final five spots in the poll were occupied by North Carolina (5-1), California (4-1), Vanderbilt (5-1), TCU (6-1) and Ball State (7-0).

Northwestern, Auburn and Wisconsin fell out of the rankings.