Football: WVU 12th in Coaches' Poll
September 30, 2007 04:21 PM | General
September 30, 2007
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia dropped eight spots to 13th in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 football poll and dropped seven spots to 12th in this week’s USA Today Coaches’ Poll, both released this afternoon.
The Mountaineers (4-1) lost 21-13 at South Florida last Friday night. The Bulls, ranked 18th heading into the game, made the biggest jump moving up to sixth in the AP poll and ninth in the Coaches’ Poll.
Four Big East teams are ranked in both polls this week. Cincinnati is now 20th in the AP poll after beating San Diego State last night to bump its record to 5-0. The Bearcats are 24th in the Coaches’ Poll.
Rutgers falls 10 spots to 21st in both polls after suffering a 34-24 home loss to Maryland Saturday to drop to 3-1.
Connecticut is 5-0 after its 44-10 victory over Akron. The Huskies received 23 votes in this week’s Coaches’ Poll and nine votes in the AP poll. Louisville, ranked 10th during the preseason but dropped out of the rankings after back-to-back losses against Kentucky and Syracuse, got back on the winning side with a 29-10 victory at North Carolina State. The Cardinals are now 3-2 with a home game coming up against Utah on Friday night.
West Virginia, the only unbeaten team last weekend to lose to a ranked team, has now appeared in 31 straight polls dating back to 2005.
