Texas Longhorns move up to No. 5 in the latest AP Top 25 Poll

Gerry Hamiltonby:Gerry Hamilton02/06/23

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The Texas Longhorns moved up five spots to No. 5 in the latest release of the AP Top 25 Poll.

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Texas (19-4, 8-2) sits atop the Big 12 race ahead of tonight’s Big Monday showdown in Lawrence against No. 9 Kansas.

The Longhorns are 12-3 under interim head coach Rodney Terry, including 7-3 in the month of January. Texas is 4-1 on the road in Big 12 play under Terry.

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Big 12 conference race​

No. 5 Texas Longhorns (19-4, 8-2)
Longhorns games this week: at Kansas, West Virginia

No. 11 Iowa State Cyclones (16-6, 7-3)
Cyclones games this week: at West Virginia, Oklahoma State

No. 17 TCU Horned Frogs (17-6, 6-4)
Horned Frogs games this week: at Kansas State, Baylor

No. 9 Kansas Jayhawks (18-5, 6-4)
Jayhawks games this week: Texas, at Oklahoma

No. 12 Kansas State Wildcats (18-5, 6-4)
Wildcats games this week: TCU, at Texas Tech

No. 1Baylor Bears (17-6, 6-4)
Bears games this week: Oklahoma, at tCU

Oklahoma State Cowboys (14-9, 5-5)
Cowboys games this week: Texas Tech, at Iowa State

West Virginia Mountaineers (14-9, 3-7)
Mountaineers games this week: Iowa State, at Texas

Oklahoma Sooners (12-11, 2-8)
Sooners games this week: at Baylor, Kansas

Texas Tech Red Raiders (12-11, 1-9)
Red Raiders games this week: at Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas Longhorns Big 12 schedule

December
Dec 31 at Oklahoma (70-69 win)

January
Jan 3 Kansas State (116-106 loss)
Jan 7 at Oklahoma State (56-46 win)
Jan 11 TCU (79-75 win)
Jan 14 Texas Tech (72-70 win)
Jan 17 at Iowa State (78-67 loss)
Jan 21 at West Virginia (69-61 win)
Jan 24 vs. Oklahoma State (89-75 win)
*Jan 28 at Tennessee (82-71 loss)
Jan 30 vs Baylor (76-71 win)

February
Feb 4 at Kansas State (69-66 win)
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

Big 12 2023 Pomeroy Ratings

9. Texas
11. Kansas (plays twice)
13. Baylor (plays at Baylor)
14. West Virginia (plays in Austin)
15. TCU (plays at TCU)
19. Iowa State (plays in Austin)
26. Kansas State (plays at K-State)
29. Oklahoma State (Texas beat twice)
56. Oklahoma (plays in Austin)
69. Texas Tech (plays at TT)

Texas non-conference in the 2023 Pomeroy Ratings

2. Tennessee (road loss)
12. Creighton (Home win)
18. Gonzaga (Home win)
25. Illinois (Neutral loss)
93. Louisiana (Home win)
96. Stanford (Neutral win)
169. Rice (Home win)
175. UTEP (Home win)
256. UT Rio Grande Valley (Home win)
260. Northern Arizona (Neutral win)
305. Texas A&M-Commerce (Home win)
314. Arkansas Pine-Bluff (Home win)
351. Houston Christian (Home win)

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