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Texas moves up to No. 7 in latest AP Top 25 Poll

Gerry Hamiltonby:Gerry Hamilton01/16/23

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The Texas Longhorns moved up three spots to No. 7 in the latest release of the Ap Top 25 Poll.

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Texas (15-2, 4-1) won a pair of home games against No. 14 TCU and Texas Tech in comeback fashion last week.

This week, Texas has a pair of road games against No. 12 Iowa State (13-3, 4-1) and West Virginia (10-7, 0-5). If the Longhorns are to stay in the Big 12 title race or keep a 14-4/13-5 type conference season alive, gaining a split on the road is imperative.

Big 12 in the AP Top 25

The Big 12 conference is represented in the Top 25 poll by six teams. Those are No. 2 Kansas, No. 7 Texas, No. 12 Iowa State, No. 113 Kansas State, No. 14 TCU and No. 21 Baylor. The Big 12 has the most teams in the Top 25 of any conference.

Houston remains No. 1 in the AP Poll. The Cougars are followed by Kansas, No. 3 Purdue, No. 4 Alabama and No. 5 UCLA.

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The Texas schedule and the AP Top 25

Texas has already beaten two teams this season currently ranked in the latest poll. That is No. 6 Gonzaga (14-3) and No. 14 TCU. Both games were at home. Those remaining on the schedule ranked in the Top 25 are No. 2 Kansas (twice), No. 9 Tennessee (at Vols), No. 12 Iowa State (twice), No. 13 Kansas State (at K-State), No. 14 TCU (at TCU), No. 14 Iowa State (twice) and No. 21 Baylor (twice).

Big 12 conference race

No. 2 Kansas Jayhawks (16-1, 5-0)
Jayhawks games this week: at Kansas State, TCU

No. 11 Kansas State Wildcats (15-5, 4-1)
Wildcats games this week: Kansas, Texas Tech 

No. 10 Texas Longhorns (15-2, 4-1)
Longhorns games this week: at Iowa State, at West Virginia

No. 14 Iowa State Cyclones (13-3, 4-1)
Cyclones games this week: Texas, at Oklahoma State

No. 17 TCU Horned Frogs (14-3, 3-2)
Horned Frogs games this week: at West Virginia, at Kansas 

Baylor Bears (12-5, 2-3)
Bears games this week: at Texas Tech, at Oklahoma 

Oklahoma Sooners (11-6, 2-3)
Sooners games this week: at Oklahoma State, Baylor

Oklahoma State Cowboys (9-8, 1-4)
Cowboys games this week: Oklahoma, Iowa State

Texas Tech Red Raiders (10-7, 0-5)
Red Raiders games this week: Baylor, at Kansas State

West Virginia Mountaineers (10-7, 0-5)
Mountaineers games this week: TCU, Texas

Texas Longhorns Big 12 schedule

December

Dec 31 at Oklahoma – W

January

Jan 3 vs. Kansas State – L

Jan 7 at Oklahoma State – W

Jan 11 vs. TCU – W

Jan 14 vs. Texas Tech – W

Jan 17 at Iowa State

Jan 21 at West Virginia

Jan 24 vs. Oklahoma State

*Jan 28 at Tennessee (SEC/Big 12 Challenge)

Jan 30 vs Baylor

February

Feb 4 at Kansas State

Feb 6 at Kansas

Feb 11 vs. West Virginia

Feb 13 at Texas Tech

Feb 18 vs. Oklahoma

Feb 21 vs. Iowa State

Feb 25 at Baylor

March

March 1 at TCU

March 4 vs. Kansas

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