 Schools have become increasingly conservative in scheduling non-conference opponents of a high caliber, so a meeting of two top-five teams in the country was unusual this early in the season.For either team, winning the game would boost their chances of ultimately playing in the BCS National Championship Game while the loser likely faced the end of their national championship hopes.According to observers such as "USA Today", the game between the Texas Longhorns and Ohio State Buckeyes was one of the most-anticipated games of the 2005 season.