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Best in Texas poll (Week 8): Idle Texas and Texas A&M still on top; Baylor and TCU continue to battle for No. 4 spot

With three of the area's top five school off during Week 8, there was very little movement in our weekly Best in Texas rankings.

Like the previous week, there was a consensus top three at the top of everyone's ballot: Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech.

And like the previous week, the most contentious battle came between rivals TCU and Baylor for the No. 4 spot. Idle Baylor ended up extending its lead over TCU for the No. 4 spot from a 101-99 margin to 101-97 margin. That's more a product of Houston improving in the eyes of some voters than anything else (like TCU's fourth loss of the season, which came against Oklahoma) -- the 6-1 Cougars posted another impressive win in Week 8 and now holds a share of the state's best record with Texas, thanks to North Texas' loss to UAB.