For the first time since Week 6, the Texas Longhorns are a top-15 team in the AP Top 25 after Saturday’s 34-31 victory over the then-No. 9 Vanderbilt Commodores at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
Head coach Steve Sarkisian’s team, now 7-2 on the season, moved from No. 20 to No. 13 in Sunday’s poll, taking advantage of a number of losses, including Georgia Tech, Miami, Tennessee, and Cincinnati. It’s a climb back to respectability enabled by four straight wins after the ignominious fall from preseason No. 1 to out of the top 25 after the 29-21 loss to Florida in Gainesville.
In the Coaches Poll, the Longhorns moved from No. 19 to No. 13.
After the bye week, Texas travels to Athens to face Georgia, which is No. 5 in both polls after surviving Florida in Gainesville, 24-20.