Missouri no match for No. 1 Texas

AUSTIN, Texas - Now that's a Texas two-step. A flawlessly executed one at that.

A week after earning Texas' first regular-season No. 1 ranking since 1984 by knocking off Oklahoma, Colt McCoy and the Longhorns used a stunning blend of dominating offense and defense in the first half to crush No. 11 Missouri 56-31 Saturday night.

The game was supposed to be a battle between two national title contenders and Heisman Trophy-caliber quarterbacks in McCoy and Missouri's Chase Daniel. The Tigers had been within 1 victory of playing for the national title last season and were ranked as high as No. 3 just a week ago.

It wasn't close. Not even for a little while.

The Longhorns (7-0, 3-0 Big 12) played as close to a perfect half of football as you could get, bolting to a 35-0 lead in front of a feverish record crowd of 98,383.

Texas scored on each of its first five possessions as McCoy picked apart the Tigers defense at will. He stiff-armed defenders when he ran and one time when he was nearly sacked and fumbled, he picked up the ball and fired a 23-yard completion.

McCoy finished with 337 yards on 29 of 32 passing with 2 touchdowns, ran for 2 more and at one point completed a school-record 17 passes in a row.