Texas at Ohio State will be first time in CFB history No. 1 has faced No. 2 in Week 1
This is also the first time in program history that Texas is ranked No. 1 in the Coaches Poll. What was the biggest game of Week 1 just became epic in scale. ESPN College GameDay will be on hand. So will Fox Sports' Big Noon Kickoff. And the game that everyone is looking forward to just got more historic.
The game already has huge storylines. It is Arch Manning's first start as QB1. It features the defending national champion. It features college football's only back-to-back semifinalist. It is a rematch of last year's college football semifinal in the Cotton Bowl.
Now it is officially historic. Since college football polls started in 1936 with the AP Poll (the Coaches Poll started in 1950), there has never been a No. 1 vs No. 2 game in Week 1. We'll see if the AP Poll agrees on Monday, Aug. 11.
The ironic thing is there has only been one No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup in Week 2 in college football history. That was Colt McCoy's second game back in 2006. The opponent? Ohio State, who won 24-7.
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