Texas Longhorns Rise in AP Top 25 Poll

The Texas Longhorns are back in the Top 5 of the AP Poll.

Zach Dimmitt | Nov 3, 2024

Oct 26, 2024; Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Texas Longhorns running back Quintrevion Wisner (26) runs the ball against the Vanderbilt Commodores during the second half at FirstBank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Steve Roberts-Imagn Images / Steve Roberts-Imagn Images

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The Texas Longhorns sat and watched during their bye week as chaos ensued for a handful of ranked teams on Saturday.

Once the dust settled and the Week 11 AP Poll was released, the Longhorns had moved up.

Texas slid up one spot from No. 6 to No. 5 in the AP Top 25. After Penn State's loss to Ohio State, the Miami Hurricanes and Buckeyes also moved up one.

The Oregon Ducks were the unanimous No. 1 team with all 62 first-place votes.

Here's the top 10:

No. 1 - Oregon Ducks

No. 2 - Georgia Bulldogs

No. 3 - Ohio State Buckeyes

No. 4 - Miami Hurricanes

No. 5 - Texas Longhorns

No. 6 - Penn State Nittany Lions

No. 7 - Tennessee Volunteers

No. 8 - Indiana Hoosiers

No. 9 - BYU Cougars

No. 10 - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

The AP Poll won't hold value for too much longer with the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season coming out on Tuesday. These rankings will be updated weekly for the remainder of the season, which will make the AP Poll seemingly meaningless.

When the Longhorns were No. 1 earlier this season, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian made it clear that the AP ranking didn't mean too much.

“I think now more than ever — and I don't want to take anything away from the polls — because of the 12-team playoff, it really doesn't matter,” Sarkisian said. “We say it all the time as a team, it's not really what other people think of us. It's about what we do, and we've got to perform, and we've got to prepare to perform. Because the way this is set up, back in the day, the polls were huge, because the polls dictated who got to play for a national championship, and ultimately, who won the national championship. Nowadays, you got to go earn it.”