Texas Longhorns men’s basketball (7-1, 1-0) jumped to No. 8 in the latest AP Poll.
That means head coach Shaka Smart’s surging Longhorns jumped two spots from their previous ranking early last week following their Big 12 Conference opener win over the Oklahoma State Cowboys. It’s also the highest ranking Texas has seen since 2014-2015, prior to Shaka Smart taking over for Rick Barnes. Notably prior to the most recent rankings, last weekend’s game against the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders was cancelled.
Even so, tough sledding lies ahead for the Longhorns.