Three Purdue Opponents Ranked in Preseason Top-25 Coaches Poll

Purdue Football hasn’t been ranked in a preseason poll since 2005, where they started the season ranked #13 and finished unranked with a 5-6 record. In addition, Purdue hasn’t been ranked since Week 7 of the 2007 season, and hasn’t received a single vote in either AP or Coaches polls since Week 5 of the 2012 season.

So it really wasn’t a surprise when Purdue wasn’t listed in the Coaches Preseason Poll for the 2017 season (unless you’ve been in a coma since 2005). Despite this, three of Purdue’s opponents were ranked in this poll, two of them within the Top 10:

#9 Michigan (home)

#10 Wisconsin (road)

#17 Louisville (neutral site)

In addition to these three teams, four Purdue opponents were not…