Where did Texas football land in the AP top 25 poll after beating Ole Miss?
A Mississippi Rebels defender bats down a pass from Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning (16) in the first quarter of the Longhorns’ game against the Mississippi Rebels at Royal-Memorial Stadium in Austin, Oct. 24, 2026. (Sara Diggins/Austin American-Statesman)
The chaos of college football continued into Week 8.
Texas football rose eight spots to No. 11 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll released Sunday after Saturday’s 34-27 win over former No. 7 Ole Miss. The Longhorns were previously No. 19 after they lost 27-24 to Florida; the Rebels dropped to No. 12, just below the Longhorns.
Kentucky is the newest SEC team to join the top 10 after the Wildcats beat Vanderbilt 34-17; Kentucky is one of three SEC teams in the top 10. Miami stayed undefeated and atop the No. 1 spot after a 52-23 victory over Pitt. Previously ranked No. 2 BYU dropped after being upset by unranked UCF in double overtime.
Texas returns home to host Mississippi State at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Royal-Memorial Stadium.
Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning runs into the end zone untouched for a fourth quarter touchdown against Mississippi at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin on Saturday Oct. 24, 2026. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman)
Here are the results from the AP poll:
AP Top 25 heading into Week 9
RK Team RECPTS TREND 1Miami(59) 7-01735 – 2Ohio State(10) 6-11681 1 3Georgia6-11511 2 4Indiana7-11459 2 5Notre Dame6-11458 1 6Utah(1) 7-01413 4 7UCLA7-01398 2 8BYU6-11325 6 9Kentucky7-11185 3 10Alabama6-21063 3 11Texas5-2966 8 12Ole Miss5-2871 5 13Texas Tech6-1861 5 14Wake Forest6-1822 3 15LSU6-2813 3 16Tennessee6-2662 5 17Florida5-2556 3 18Houston6-2491 4 19SMU6-1440 4 20Boise State6-1422 1 20Northwestern6-1422 4 22Arizona6-1400 3 23Missouri5-2329 1 24Oklahoma State5-2180 NR 25Wisconsin5-2125 NR
Others receiving votes:
Iowa 76, New Mexico 41, Cincinnati 11, Oregon State 10, South Carolina 8, Minnesota 7, USC 7, UTSA 1, Virginia Tech 1
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