As many know, we ended the year ranked #142 in the Sagarin's which was historically the worst VU team in the last 25 years by a significant margin (the previous worst was Robbie Caldwell's lame duck season--#126)
We are currently ranked #117 and are no longer the lowest ranked Power 5 Conference Team (Colorado). Still awful, but better than last year which is what my eyes told me but always good to get verification. The embarrassing debacle to ETSU last year also was a big blow to our ranking.
Hope we can start moving in the right direction. We did not look competitive in any phase of the game yesterday and while I know there is a big talent gap, other teams (like Missouri against Georgia, for example) seem to be able to put a plan together to be competitive, at least occasionally.
FYI, there are 9 FCS schools ranked ahead of us: Sacramento State, Weber State, South Dakota State, North Dakota State, Montana, Mercer, Incarnate Word, Montana State, Southern Illinois.
Also of note, perennial bottom-dweller Kansas finished last year at 136. They are currently 47th up 89 spots over last year.
We are currently ranked #117 and are no longer the lowest ranked Power 5 Conference Team (Colorado). Still awful, but better than last year which is what my eyes told me but always good to get verification. The embarrassing debacle to ETSU last year also was a big blow to our ranking.
Hope we can start moving in the right direction. We did not look competitive in any phase of the game yesterday and while I know there is a big talent gap, other teams (like Missouri against Georgia, for example) seem to be able to put a plan together to be competitive, at least occasionally.
FYI, there are 9 FCS schools ranked ahead of us: Sacramento State, Weber State, South Dakota State, North Dakota State, Montana, Mercer, Incarnate Word, Montana State, Southern Illinois.
Also of note, perennial bottom-dweller Kansas finished last year at 136. They are currently 47th up 89 spots over last year.
