Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Ranked 24th in USA Today ESPN poll
November 28, 2006 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 28, 2006
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The latest USA Today ESPN Division I Women's Basketball Coaches poll is out, and the Bowling Green State University Falcons have broken into the top 25. The Falcons are ranked 24th in this week's poll, released Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 28).
Tuesday's ranking marks the first time this season -- although it is only the third USA Today ESPN poll of the 2006-07 campaign -- that the Falcons have been accorded a top-25 ranking. Last season, head coach Curt Miller's club moved into the USA Today ESPN Top 25 on Feb. 14, marking the program's first appearance in a national poll in 12 years, and the first appearance for a Mid-American Conference program in over four years.
Beginning with that Feb. 14 ranking, BGSU was ranked in the USA Today ESPN poll in five consecutive weeks, the longest-ever run by a league institution. On March 6, 2006, the Falcons cracked the Associated Press poll as well.
Some additional information on BGSU and the national polls ...
• BGSU's '05-06 run in the USA Today ESPN poll marked the first time in MAC history that a team has spent five consecutive weeks in the rankings.
• The Falcons' highest-ever ranking was 19th, in the final Associated Press poll of the 1992-93 season (March 16, 1993) ... that capped a run of four-straight weeks in that poll, the longest previous such run.
• This week's BGSU appearance in the USA Today ESPN poll marks only the 12th week in MAC history that a league institution has been listed in the USA Today poll ... BG has been that team in 10 of the 13 weeks.
• A MAC school has been ranked in the Associated Press poll in a total of 12 weeks, and BGSU has been the team in eight of those 12 weeks.
The Falcons earn the #24 ranking after being listed among 'others receiving votes' in each of the first two USA Today ESPN polls of the season. BGSU has gotten votes in all three Associated Press polls in 2006-07 to date.
Three of BGSU's five home non-conference opponents -- Indiana, Temple and Delaware -- received votes in this week's USA Today ESPN poll. Another BGSU opponent, Duke, is ranked fifth in the nation. The Falcons will face the Blue Devils in Cancun, Mexico, on Dec. 19.
Up next, though, the Falcons will host Oakland University in Wednesday (Nov. 29) action at Anderson Arena. Tipoff for that game is 7:00 p.m.
This week's complete USA Today ESPN poll follows...
USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION I TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
Week 3 Poll: November 28, 2006
The Top 25 women's basketball coaches poll, with team's RECORDS THROUGH MONDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week's poll and first-place votes received:
Rank - School (Record) Points LW First-Place Votes 1 - Maryland (7-0) 771 1 29 2 - North Carolina (6-0) 729 2 1 3 - Oklahoma (4-0) 710 3 4 - Tennessee (5-0) 692 4 1 5 - Duke (5-0) 645 5 6 - Ohio State (5-0) 614 6 7 - Connecticut (2-0) 586 7 8 - Georgia (5-0) 573 8 9 - Purdue (6-0) 519 10 10 - Texas A&M (5-0) 441 13 11 - LSU (8-1) 440 9 12 - Arizona State (5-1) 430 12 13 - Baylor (6-1) 419 15 14 - Vanderbilt (6-0) 407 14 15 - Stanford (2-3) 307 11 16 - California (4-1) 244 17 17 - Rutgers (2-2) 236 18 18 - Michigan State (4-1) 207 16 19 - Louisville (6-0) 202 25 20 - George Washington (5-1) 196 21 21 - DePaul (3-1) 160 20 22 - Brigham Young (3-2) 82 23 23 - Texas Tech (5-1) 62 NR 24 - Bowling Green (4-1) 49 NR 25 - Texas (5-1) 47 NRDropped out: No. 19 UCLA (3-4), No. 22 Boston College (4-2), No. 24 Kentucky (3-2).
Others receiving votes: Florida State 46; Boston College 45; Pittsburgh 41; South Florida 26; UCLA 26; Indiana 15; Marquette 15; Kentucky 14; New Mexico 9; TCU 9; Washington 9; Temple 8; Xavier 8; Delaware 5; South Dakota State 5; Arkansas 4; Nebraska 4; Pepperdine 4; Western Kentucky 4; Montana 3; Hofstra 2; Miami (Fla.) 2; Middle Tennessee 1; Oklahoma State 1; South Carolina 1.
THE MAC AND THE POLLS: A COMPLETE HISTORY
(The entire list of appearances by a Mid-American Conference school)
MAC Schools' Weekly Associated Press Top-25 appearances
Date School Rank 2/23/93 Bowling Green 25 3/2/93 Bowling Green 22 3/9/93 Bowling Green 22 3/16/93 Bowling Green 19 2/8/94 Toledo 23 2/15/94 Toledo 25 3/8/94 Bowling Green 25 3/15/94 Bowling Green 24 3/8/99 Toledo 25 11/19/01 Toledo 24 3/6/06 Bowling Green 24 3/13/06 Bowling Green 23
MAC Schools' Weekly USA Today Top-25 appearances
Date School Rank 2/18/86 Ohio 25 2/25/86 Ohio 24 3/1/93 Bowling Green 20 3/9/93 Bowling Green 22 3/16/93 Bowling Green 20 3/15/94 Bowling Green 24 2/15/99 Toledo 25 2/14/06 Bowling Green 25 2/21/06 Bowling Green 25 2/28/06 Bowling Green 24 3/7/06 Bowling Green 22 3/13/06 Bowling Green 21 11/28/06 Bowling Green 24
(NOTE: Northern Illinois has made multiple appearances in both polls, but none came while the school was a member of the MAC)
