AP Poll Rankings in Gross Era

[PoppyHart]

89 schools have been ranked by the AP for at least one week since Dr. Daryl Gross assumed responsibility for the athletic department.

The following schools have not:

Akron
Appalachian State
Arkansas State
Army
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Colorado State
Eastern Michigan
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Idaho
Indiana
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
Marshall
Massachusetts
Memphis
Miami (OH)
Middle Tennessee State
Navy (Ranked #24 in final poll of 2004)
New Mexico
New Mexico State
North Texas
Old Dominion
Rice
San Diego State
SMU
South Alabama
Syracuse
Temple
Texas State
Troy
Tulane
UAB
University of Texas - San Antonio
UNLV
Western Kentucky
Western Michigan
Wyoming

At least we're rich.

 

[MikeSU02]

89 schools have been ranked by the AP for at least one week since Dr. Daryl Gross assumed responsibility for the athletic department.

The following schools have not:

Akron
Appalachian State
Arkansas State
Army
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Colorado State
Eastern Michigan
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Idaho
Indiana
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
Marshall
Massachusetts
Memphis
Miami (OH)
Middle Tennessee State
Navy (Ranked #24 in final poll of 2004)
New Mexico
New Mexico State
North Texas
Old Dominion
Rice
San Diego State
SMU
South Alabama
Syracuse
Temple
Texas State
Troy
Tulane
UAB
University of Texas - San Antonio
UNLV
Western Kentucky
Western Michigan
Wyoming

At least we're rich.

Just took a quick look, but is it just us and Indiana from the P5 conferences that have not been ranked? Wow.

 

[orangeinjersey]

wow, this really puts things in perspective doesnt it

 

[wfschrec]

Yet while it is trite consider all those teams (that have been ranked) that don't have what SU has had in the past 5 years a portion of a conference title from a BCS conference ...

 

[orangeinjersey]

Yet while it is trite consider all those teams (that have been ranked) that don't have what SU has had in the past 5 years a portion of a conference title from a BCS conference ...

A conference that doesnt exist anymore. In 10 years we'll sound like Rutgers fans bringing up the "Middle 3" conference titles

 

[skurey]

that's so depressing

 

[wfschrec]

A conference that doesnt exist anymore. In 10 years we'll sound like Rutgers fans bringing up the "Middle 3" conference titles

No it doesn't but it was the same conference that once had VT and Miami and oh by the way the same one that had WVU in the BCS knocking the snot out of Clemson. Maybe in 10 years ... but this is within the last 5 so its pretty damn relevant ... 10 years from now we could end up piercing the top 25 in eight of them. The fact is my point is relevant to the context of the original post.

 

[BlackKnight76]

A conference that doesnt exist anymore. In 10 years we'll sound like Rutgers fans bringing up the "Middle 3" conference titles

...the conference's BCS representative went and beat a good Florida team that year, so not quite an apt comparison.

 

[Whitey23]

Ugh

 

[CanadianSU]

BeatND and beat Louisville and we are ranked...

 

[OrangeFoo]

We are the Buffalo Bills of college football... glory days in the 90s... have done a whole lot of nothing this century.

No chance of being more than a mediocre team. Basically irrelevant teams. I don't see how it changes for Syracuse. We seem to be just snakebit.

 

[Eric15]

We are the Buffalo Bills of college football... glory days in the 90s... have done a whole lot of nothing this century.

We played in four national title games in the 90s?

 

[Pat Kelly]

BeatND and beat Louisville and we are ranked...

Wouldn't that be something??

 

[OrangeFoo]

We played in four national title games in the 90s?

I didn't say we reached the heights the bills did but we were as close to an elite program as I can think of back then. We haven't fallen as hard as the Bills either... we at least have won some bowl games this century and have finished above .500

 

[CanadianSU]

Wouldn't that be something??

Beat Notre Dame

Then Ville should be a walk in a park, I don't think they are any good.

NOTRE Dame however... Ugh.

 

[Eric15]

I didn't say we reached the heights the bills did but we were as close to an elite program as I can think of back then. We haven't fallen as hard as the Bills either... we at least have won some bowl games this century and have finished above .500

I know I was just being a smart ass.

 

[OrangeCrush22]

Ugh...

 

[Upstate]

Give me the 2012 team towards the end of the season against just about any team not in the top-10 in December of that year.

 

[Scooch]

Give me the 2012 team towards the end of the season against just about any team not in the top-10 in December of that year.

Too bad the first 9 games of each season count too.

If only Saint Marrone could have figured out how to start better than 4-5.

 

[We Are Syracuse]

I can confidently say that I do not remember a time in my life where Syracuse was ranked in football... Pretty depressing

 

[Pat Kelly]

Duke was probably on this list before last year... one great year and everyone forgets.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I can confidently say that I do not remember a time in my life where Syracuse was ranked in football... Pretty depressing

2001. Finished the season in the Top 15.

 

[Scooch]

2001. Finished the season in the Top 15.

Which means, sadly, that anyone who's younger than a senior in college probably doesn't remember our program ever being ranked.

But we got all that tradition, so it's cool.

 

[Full_Rebar]

We are totally killing those Capital One Cup rankings under Gross. Are some of you saying that you'll trade those field hockey and women's lax Final Four appearances for a top 25 football program?

 

[ImperialOrange]

I'm really hoping the IPF changes this. The recruiting aspect is nice but I'm really hoping the players already on campus use that thing all the time. We have a qb that throws fast balls thus we need wr's to be extremely comfortable in doing so. All college qb's miss some throws but the one's on target need to be caught 90% of the time. Some of these drops remind me of McNabb's rookie year on the Eagles where they aren't used to the ball being there that fast.

We really aren't that far off on offense despite the early season frusterations. We just need repetitions which should clean things up. We've seen how far a good defense can carry us In years past and I'm hoping their level of aggression in pass coverage rises with knowing the offense can match any points they give up.