Texas Basketball: Horns come in at No. 8 in latest Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll
The Chris Beard era is off to a solid start. Despite the loss on the road to top-ranked Gonzaga, the Longhorns are 3-1 coming off victories against Northern Colorado and San Jose State.
Texas fell three spots to No. 8 in the first in-season Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
The list features three Big 12 teams in the top 10. Kansas is 3-0 ranked No. 3 and the defending champion Baylor Bears are 4-0 ranked No. 5.
Texas Tech and West Virginia are among other schools receiving votes.
Full Ferris Mowers Coaches poll:
Rank | Team | Record | PTS | 1st | Prev | Chg | Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4-0 | 797 | 30 | 1 | — | 1/1 | |
2 | 4-0 | 751 | 2 | 2 | — | 2/2 | |
3 | 3-0 | 725 | 0 | 3 | — | 3/3 | |
4 | 5-0 | 691 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4/7 | |
5 | 4-0 | 635 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5/8 | |
6 | 5-0 | 624 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6/9 | |
7 | 3-2 | 546 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 4/7 | |
8 | 3-1 | 479 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 5/8 | |
9 | 4-0 | 472 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9/13 | |
10 | 4-0 | 441 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10/16 | |
11 | 3-0 | 431 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 11/14 | |
12 | 3-0 | 357 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 12/15 | |
13 | 3-2 | 356 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 6/13 | |
13 | 3-1 | 356 | 0 | 11 | -2 | 11/13 | |
15 | 2-1 | 321 | 0 | 10 | -5 | 10/15 | |
16 | 5-0 | 261 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 16/24 | |
17 | 3-1 | 226 | 0 | 17 | — | 17/17 | |
18 | 4-0 | 205 | 0 | NR | — | 18/NR | |
19 | 5-0 | 204 | 0 | NR | 14 | 19/NR | |
20 | 3-0 | 187 | 0 | NR | — | 20/NR | |
21 | 4-0 | 183 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 21/23 | |
22 | 3-0 | 174 | 0 | 22 | — | 22/22 | |
23 | 2-1 | 168 | 0 | 12 | -11 | 12/23 | |
24 | 3-0 | 162 | 0 | NR | — | 24/NR | |
25 | 3-0 | 92 | 0 | NR | 3 | 25/NR |
No. 8 Texas will be back in action at the Frank Erwin Center on Wednesday night against Cal Baptist.
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