Boosted by Jackson State, Texas A&M wins, No. 11 Texas rises in the Associated Press' poll

Texas was ranked 11th in the Associated Press' most-recent basketball poll, which was released on Monday.

Texas was last a top-11 team during the 11th week of the 2018-19 season. The Longhorns were ranked 15th last week.

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Texas is coming off a week in which it beat two teams — Jackson State and Texas A&M — that reached last season's NCAA Tournament. The Longhorns recorded a 78-64 win over Jackson State at the Erwin Center on Wednesday. Four days later, the Longhorns earned a 76-60 victory in College Station.

Texas is now 6-1 this season. Two of those wins are against Stanford and Texas A&M teams that were ranked third and 17th at the time. Tennessee was ranked 16th when it beat UT in overtime on Nov. 21.

Stanford, Tennessee and Texas A&M were voted into fourth, ninth and 18th slots of this week's poll.

Texas only has one game on this week's schedule. The Longhorns will host Idaho (1-6) on Saturday afternoon.

The American-Statesman submits one of the 30 ballots used by the AP for its poll. Here is how beat writer Danny Davis voted:

1. South Carolina (9-0)
2. North Carolina State (8-1)
3. Baylor (8-1)
4. UConn (5-1)
5. Arizona (7-0)
6. Stanford (5-2)
7. Louisville (7-1)
8. Tennessee (8-0)
9. Texas (6-1)
10. Michigan (8-1)
11. Iowa (5-1)
12. Iowa State (8-1)
13. Maryland (8-2)
14. Indiana (5-2)
15. Duke (8-0)
16. BYU (8-0)
17. Texas A&M (8-1)
18. Kentucky (6-1)
19. Ohio State (6-1)
20. Colorado (8-0)
21. Florida Gulf Coast (7-1)
22. North Carolina (8-0)
23. Notre Dame (7-2)
24. Georgia (7-1)
25. Oklahoma (7-1)