How the Chronicle's 13-member panel voted in our weekly SEC power rankings: Week 5 Kirk Bohls: 1. Alabama; 2. Texas; 3. Tennessee; 4. Georgia; 5. Missouri; 6. LSU; 7. South Carolina; 8. Kentucky; 9. Texas A&M;

No program has spent more weeks ranked No. 1 in the history of the AP poll than Alabama, which was first nearly 40 percent of the time from 2007-23 under Nick Saban, according to

The Texas Longhorns were forced to turn to backup quarterback Arch Manning this past weekend for their first-ever conference game as members of the SEC.

Since the SEC began in 1933, only one non-SEC-founding school had won its first SEC game — until Saturday, when Texas became the second.

Texas joined the SEC this season from the Big 12 and delivered a rugged, ragged and ultimately effective debut.