Middle Tennessee coach Kermit Davis has been telling anyone who would listen: Since entering the Top 25 last week for the first time in school history, his team is playing even better.
"I've said it ever since we've been ranked -- and I don't say it boastfully, I just say it honestly -- that we look and play and prepare like a Top 25 team. And everybody asks me the question, 'How are your guys going to handle it?' The more success, the more motivation," Davis said after his Blue Raiders turned their showdown with second-place Western Kentucky into a walkover.