First-year head coach Chris Beard has the Longhorns ranked No. 7 in the latest AP Poll’s updated Top 25 rankings.
Texas is 4-1 on the season and coming off of a three-game sweep in the Abe Lemons Classic where the Longhorns took down Northern Colorado, San Jose State and Cal Baptist.
The Horns are now the second-best team in the Big 12 conference behind Baylor (No. 4) but in front of Kansas (No. 8) and Iowa State (No. 19). The Big 12 is the only conference with three teams in the top 10.
Here is the full updated poll:
- Duke
- Purdue
- Gonzaga
- Baylor
- UCLA
- Villanova
- Texas
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- BYU
- Tennessee
- Florida
- Houston
- Alabama
- UConn
- Memphis
- Iowa State
- Southern Cal
- Auburn
- Michigan State
- Wisconson
- Michigan
- Seton Hall
Texas has regular-season games remaining against five ranked opponents, next up is No. 25 Seton Hall on Dec. 9.
The Horns will be in action on Monday night for a special game. Texas will be playing Sam Houston State at Gregory Gym. The game is for students only and will be the first time Texas has played basketball at Gregory since 1977.
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