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Despite the week off, the Longhorns managed to move up one spot in the Coaches Poll and two spots in the AP poll to no. 17 in each heading into a game in Ames against Iowa State next Saturday. LSU displaced Oklahoma in the AP poll after a strong win against West Virginia in Morgantown, while Texas A&M dropped to no. 13 in the Coaches Poll and no. 14 in the AP poll after blowing a big first-half lead at home against Oklahoma State, now no. 5 in the AP and no. 6 in the Coaches Poll

Texas dropped 20 points to fall to 1404. USC's big win over OSU has them just 8 points behind Texas. Expect similar things from the Coaches Poll. Oklahoma State falls to 16; Houston moves in at 21. UPDATE: As noted in the comments, the Coaches Poll is out and Texas is at #2. They lost just 8 points from last week, while USC gained 16. USC picked up 3 first place votes; Texas had none.

With the Sooners likely equaling, if not surpassing, the Longhorns in the computers, Texas must be ahead of OU in the Harris poll to have a shot at holding onto #2 in the BCS. Texas made up 41 points in the Coaches poll from last week to this week. This is a significant move.

Texas will start the 2008 season ranked in the Top 10 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Also of note: Georgia rides the media love fest to No. 1; OU checks in at #4; MiZZOU at #7; KU and Tech kick off the season at #13 and #14 respectively. So, five of the top 14 teams in the country are from the Big 12, and none of them are Nebraska, CU,or A&M. The Big 12 has become incredibly deep, incredibly fast.