With the college basketball season just around the corner, the Associated Press released its top 25 poll, and the Longhorns made the cut. Heading into the 2024-2025 campaign, Texas is ranked as the 19th-best team in the country. After finishing last season with a 21-13 record, they will look to build on their success in a competitive conference.

Texas men's basketball earned the No. 7 spot in the SEC's Preseason Poll, per a media release Monday. Texas, ranked No. 19 nationwide in the AP Poll, had an up-and-down 2023-24 season before falling to Tennessee in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.