Oklahoma knocked off No. 1 Texas 27-24 on Saturday, Oct. 10, but the Sooners still missed the AP Top 25 in Sunday's Week 7 poll.

The Sooners received 44 points in the AP poll and 50 in the Coaches Poll, according to Yahoo Sports. Neither total was enough to crack the top 25. The Sooners had been unranked entering the Texas game.

AP voter Ralph Russo of The Athletic laid out the case against the Sooners. He wrote that beating No. 1 Texas "is sure to get Oklahoma some votes, but it's starting from scratch and has a lot of ground to make up." Russo called the 17-10 loss at Michigan a particular concern and noted that "scoring one offensive touchdown and not passing the eye test in six games is probably not enough."

Oklahoma's two losses came against No. 2 Georgia, a 41-13 defeat, and at Michigan. The Sooners entered the Red River Rivalry unranked at 2-2.

What the win looked like

The Sooners scored touchdowns from all three phases against the Longhorns, according to the NCAA. Safety Peyton Bowen returned an interception 42 yards for a score. Dakoda Fields recovered a blocked punt in the end zone. Running back Lloyd Avant added a rushing touchdown on a 2-yard run, 12 seconds into the fourth quarter, finishing with 10 carries for 72 yards.

The defense held Texas to 3-of-14 on third down.

Quarterback John Mateer completed 18 of 26 passes for 155 yards with no turnovers, though the Sooners managed only 238 total yards, according to ESPN. Tate Sandell, the reigning Lou Groza Award winner as the nation's top kicker, drilled a 47-yard field goal on the final play to seal the win.

It was Oklahoma's first victory over a No. 1-ranked team since a 38-17 win over Missouri in 2007.

"When we put it all together, get out of our own way, take care of the football, good things happen," head coach Brent Venables said in his postgame interview on ABC. "We got a really good football team."

The new Top 25

Georgia seized the No. 1 spot after beating No. 6 Alabama 20-17 in Tuscaloosa on Saturday, Oct. 10, collecting 66 of 70 first-place votes. Texas dropped from No. 1 to No. 7.

Week 6 featured six ranked teams losing, four of them to unranked opponents, according to The Athletic.

CBS Sports wrote in its projection that "the win doesn't validate Oklahoma as much as the loss invalidates Texas' claim to the No. 1 spot."

Oklahoma State, meanwhile, remains at No. 18, making the Cowboys the highest-ranked program in the state entering Week 7.

What's next

Oklahoma hosts No. 15 Kentucky on Saturday, Oct. 17, in the Sooners' first SEC home game of the season. A win would give the Sooners a second consecutive victory over a ranked opponent and a much stronger case for re-entering the poll.