ESPN 2023 College Football Power Rankings after Week 2 - ESPN

Huddled in a corner of Bryant-Denny Stadium, Texas players sang «The Eyes of Texas» to a large contingent of fans in burnt orange T-shirts and arms raised with Hook 'Em hand signs Saturday night. It was a rare scene.

Texas' 34-24 win over No. 3 Alabama was the Longhorns' first against an AP top-three team since 2008 against Oklahoma. It was their first against Alabama since the 1982 Cotton Bowl, and the first by double digits against Alabama since the 1948 Sugar Bowl.

It was Alabama's first loss by double digits when entering the fourth quarter since 2008 against Florida in the SEC title game, and it snapped a 21-game home win streak (longest active home winning streak in FBS).

The win launched Texas up to No. 4 in this week's Power Rankings.

Here's a look at Texas and the rest of the Power Rankings after Week 2 of the college football season.

Quarterback Carson Beck delivered a workmanlike 283 yards, two touchdowns and one interception, and if you're offensive coordinator Mike Bobo, you have to like the way the ball was spread around with 12 players catching passes. But the story once again was the Georgia defense, which pitched a first-half shutout for the 21st time since the start of the 2021 season — the most during that span. Ball State got a fourth-quarter field goal to avoid a shutout, but only three points allowed and 2.8 yards per rush allowed should have Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart feeling good about his team's effort. — Alex Scarborough

Up next: vs. South Carolina (3:30 p.m. ET, CBS)

The Seminoles were not perfect against Southern Miss, but you would not know it from the final score. There was no letdown from Florida State after a big Week 1 win over LSU. Trey Benson ran for three touchdowns, while Keon Coleman