Arch Manning struggles as top-ranked Texas falls to reigning champion No. 3 Ohio State

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The 2025 Cotton Bowl Classic rematch had the same result.

No. 3 Ohio State handled Arch Manning and defeated the top-ranked Texas Longhorns with a 14-7 victory in Columbus on Saturday.

The Buckeyes defeated the Longhorns, then led by Will Howard and Quinn Ewers, respectively, to advance to last season's national championship, which Ohio State won.

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Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning (16) tries to read the Ohio State Buckeyes defense in the second quarter of a game at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio., Aug 30, 2025. (Kyle Robertson/Columbus Dispatch/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

Texas entered Ohio Stadium as the No. 1 team in the nation and did not look like it one bit.

It took a while for both offenses to get going, as the teams turned the ball over on downs on their opening drives. Rising superstar Jeremiah Smith then had two drops for OSU on its next drive, but the Buckeyes were able to find the end zone with about nine minutes left in the first half with a rushing touchdown on fourth and goal. The Longhorns punted on each of their final four drives of the first half.

After the Buckeyes went three-and-out to open the second half, the Longhorns’ offense was moving. But it was stopped again on fourth down, this time right at the goal line, as Manning tried to push for six himself.

Ohio State again had to punt after just three plays, but Manning returned the favor with an interception that was returned to the Buckeyes’ 32. OSU got across midfield, and, on second and 7 from the Texas 40, quarterback Julian Sayin found Carnell Tate for the score to make it a 14-0 Buckeyes lead