DALLAS (AP) — The tone of the talk about Texas is certainly much different a year after the Longhorns rose all the way to No. 1 during their debut season in the mighty Southeastern Conference, and for the first time in 40 years were the nation's top-ranked team when playing and beating Oklahoma.

Texas was even the preseason No. 1 this year, and quarterback Arch Manning was already considered a Heisman Trophy favorite before taking over as their full-time starter.

Now Manning and the Longhorns (3-2, 0-1) are unranked going into the annual midseason Red River Rivalry game on Saturday, trying to save their season and any realistic chance of making the College Football Playoff for the third year in a row.

While the Longhorns stumble into the State Fair of Texas, No. 6 Oklahoma (5-0, 1-0

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