The football team is fighting hard for a national title but forget about the men’s basketball team because they’ll be back on the court and vying for a championship of their own soon. The first official poll of the season has been released and the Longhorns are ranked number eight in the ESPN/USA Today college basketball coaches’ poll. The Horns are behind some of the nation’s perennial elite teams and with the way [tag]Rick Barnes[/tag] is recruiting it looks like the team will remain in that company for years to come.
Check out the top ten teams below or view the full top 25:
| ESPN/USA Today Poll | |
|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina (31) 0-0 775 |
| 2 | Connecticut 0-0 707 |
| 3 | Louisville 0-0 694 |
| 4 | UCLA 0-0 650 |
| 5 | Duke 0-0 578 |
| 6 | Pittsburgh 0-0 576 |
| 7 | Michigan State 0-0 572 |
| 8 | Texas 0-0 538 |
| 9 | Notre Dame 0-0 525 |
| 10 | Purdue 0-0 465 |


