Each week SportsDay's college writers and special contributors will rank all 12 college football teams in the state to determine which team is the Best in Texas.

On their ballots, writers cast one vote per team ranking them from best to worst. The top team in their individual polls receives 12 points, the second team receives 11 points, the third gets 10 points, etc.

Those voting in the poll: Scott Bell, Kevin Sherrington, Chuck Carlton, Ben Baby, Bill Nichols, Brett Vito, Adam Grosbard, Ezra Siegel, Carter Karels, Brandon Soliz, Grant McGalliard, Brady Vardeman, E.J. Holland.

Here's how they broke it down after Week 3 of the season. First-place votes are in parenthesis.

Rank Team Points Previous ranking 1 Houston (13) 156 1 2 Texas A&M 141 2 3 Baylor 124 4 4 TCU 114 5 5 Texas 113 3 6 Texas Tech 91 6 7 UTSA 75 11 8 SMU 67 7 9 Rice 52 12 10 Texas State 38 8 11 UTEP 21 10 12 North Texas 20 9

1. Houston (13), 156 points