The Texas Longhorns just walked into Neyland Stadium and pulled out a massive victory as the No. 1 team in the country against one of the most electric environments college football will produce all season, by a score of 20-17. Texas got the win, but it wasn’t clean, and it got way too close for comfort at the end. The Longhorns’ defensive line dominated while the offense sputtered for long stretches against a Tennessee Volunteers front seven that made life miserable for quarterback Arch Manning. Here are your winners and losers from Saturday afternoon.

Winner: WR Ryan Wingo

Ryan Wingo was the only pass catcher who consistently produced for the Texas Longhorns on Saturday. He finished with 74 receiving yards on six receptions and served as Manning’s go-to target whenever the quarterback dropped back to throw. In a game where the tight ends and the rest of the wide receiver corps struggled to create separation, Wingo stood out as the lone bright spot in the passing game, even if he botched the onside kick at the end.

Winner: DE Colin Simmons

The defensive side of the ball starts and ends with Collin Simmons. Five sacks. Five sacks in one game. Simmons is a top-5, top-10 pick in next year’s draft, and Saturday showed exactly why. The Tennessee offensive line simply could not compete with him.

The one blemish was the penalty on his first sack. That simply cannot happen, and it’s still unclear what he was thinking. That being said, when you finish a game with five sacks, the tape speaks louder than any flag.

Winner: RB Raleek Brown

With the offense struggling to move the ball through the air, running back Raleek Brown stepped up in a huge way. Brown was the Longhorns’ leading rusher and scored two touchdowns, putting the game away for Texas in the second half. Without Hollywood Smothers out there, Brown filled the void and gave Texas the physical presence it needed when the passing attack couldn’t get going.

Winner: DC Will Muschamp

Defensive coordinator Will Muschamp deserves enormous credit for what his unit did to Tennessee quarterback Faizon Brandon. Yes, Brandon is an 18-year-old true freshman, but what Muschamp’s defense did to him went beyond simply pressuring a young passer.

There’s a phrase you hear sometimes about a quarterback “seeing ghosts.” Brandon was seeing more than ghosts. He was throwing at windows that weren’t there, bailing from the pocket when things were open, and couldn’t make up his mind to save his life. Muschamp ran a variety of games, blitzes, and stunts that kept Brandon off-balance from start to finish. His defensive line and his game plan won Texas the football game.

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Loser: QB Arch Manning

The truth is, Saturday was not a game Manning is going to hang his hat on, and he admitted it in his on-field interview after the game. It started out well, and it looked like the Longhorns might run away with it early. Then Jim Knowles and the Tennessee Vols’ front seven had Manning in a world of trouble for most of the afternoon.

Manning couldn’t figure out where receivers were open. He couldn’t figure out when he should run. He took bad sacks. He looked rushed at times. He continues to be a player who is almost better out of structure, ad-libbing, than he is within the pocket. For a quarterback with the last name Manning, playing for a program that hopes to win a national championship this year, he has to get better at reading defenses, playing within the pocket, and staying poised in the face of pressure, or the Texas Longhorns are not going to win a national championship.

Loser: WR Cam Coleman

Cam Coleman left the game with an injury, and while he did return, his production was almost nonexistent. One reception for 30 yards during any meaningful stretch of the game. He was completely clamped, completely locked up.

Through more than a quarter of the season, the Texas Longhorns have not gotten the return on investment they expected from Coleman. Not what they’re paying him, not what he did at Auburn. He has simply not been the football player Texas expected him to be. There is still a lot of football to be played, but Coleman and Manning both need to improve significantly if this Longhorns team is going to reach the heights it’s chasing.

Loser: CB Bo Mascoe

Not only did Mascoe have two pass interference calls, but he let up the late passing TD that ultimately resulted in an onside kick and gave the Vols life before the botched final drive.