Texas jumped to No. 2 in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 after winning two big games over the Thanksgiving holiday in Las Vegas.
The Longhorns (8-0) received 10 first-place votes after beating then-No. 3 UCLA on Wednesday and then-No. 2 South Carolina on Thursday to capture the Players Era Championship title.
The Longhorns returned to Austin for an 81-63 win against Penn on Sunday. Their challenging schedule continues on Thursday at home against No. 11 North Carolina (8-1).
No. 1 UConn (7-0) earned the other 22 votes in Monday’s poll after opening Big East play with a 104-39 romp Sunday at Xavier.
The Gamecocks and Bruins slipped one spot. LSU (8-0) remains at No. 5 after setting an NCAA record with 100-plus points in each of its first eight games.
Michigan (6-1), Maryland (9-0), TCU (8-0), Oklahoma (7-1) and Iowa State (9-0) rounded out the top 10.
Ohio State (6-1) entered the poll this week at No. 23 and NC State (5-3) dropped out.
The rest of the Top 25:
11. North Carolina (8-1)
12. Iowa (8-0)
13. Ole Miss (7-0)
14. Baylor (7-1)
15. Vanderbilt (8-0)
16. Southern California (5-2)
17. Kentucky (8-1)
18. Notre Dame (5-1)
19. Tennessee (5-2)
20. Michigan State (8-0)
21. Washington (7-0)
22. Louisville (7-2)
23. Ohio State (6-1)
24. Oklahoma State (8-1)
25. West Virginia (6-1)
–Field Level Media
