Week 2 college football preview: Can Texas prove it’s finally ‘back’ with win over Nick Saban, Alabama?

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College football fans learned a few things during Week 1 of the season. 

Colorado is a vastly improved team from the one that went 1-11 in 2022, the Pac-12 is loaded as it careens toward the edge of the cliff, Mike Norvell and Florida State are ready to compete for an ACC Championship, Clemson’s offense will not be immediately fixed by the presence of Garrett Riley, and South Carolina’s offensive line looks like a disaster.

Colorado Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders is shown before playing the TCU Horned Frogs at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Ft. Worth, Texas, on September 2, 2023. (Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

And while the return of football was a welcome sight, it wasn’t exactly the Murders Row of college football slates.

Week 2 brings with it a few more intriguing games, including a top-15 matchup in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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Saturday night is Steve Sarkisian’s best chance at a statement win as Texas tries to finally prove it’s "back." 

One year ago, the Longhorns nearly upset Alabama at home before Bryce Young proved why he was the reigning Heisman Trophy winner. 

Young is gone, and the Crimson Tide didn’t name their Week 1 starter until the day before opening the season against Middle Tennessee after an offseason of competition. 

Texas Longhorns players run out of the tunnel before the game against the Rice Owls on September 2, 2023, at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. (David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Can Texas pull off the shocker in front of 101,000 at Bryant-Denny