For the first time ever, our football and men’s and women’s basketball teams ended the year nationally ranked in the three final coaches’ polls: men’s basketball 11th, football 18th and women’s basketball 20th.
The only other time that’s come close to happening was in 2008 when men’s basketball finished 17th, the women were ranked 20th and the football team ended its season ranked 23rd in the AP poll but did not receive enough votes in the coaches’ poll to crack the top 25.
We were one of just three schools in the country this year to have its football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams conclude their respective seasons in the national rankings, the other two being Florida State and Louisville.