“The thing about this league is teams being ranked and where they’re ranked will fluctuate some because people are going through a gauntlet of tough games,” Smart said. “There’s five or six teams in our league that could make an argument to be in the top 10, 15 or 20.
“We’re not one of them yet; we’re trying to become one of them. Tonight was a good step in that direction.”
Texas is No. 24 in another way-too-early pre-season poll.
The Longhorns lost six games in coach Tom Herman’s first season, which was disappointing.