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Bowling Green State University Athletics
No Change for Falcons in National Polls
December 26, 2006 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 26, 2006
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (BGSUFalcons.com) - The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team held its spot in both of this week's national polls. The Falcons, 8-2 on the season, remain 21st in the USA Today/ESPN Top-25 poll and 25th in the Associated Press rankings.
The Falcons are ranked in the USA Today/ESPN Division I Coaches poll for the fifth consecutive week, and BG is 21st in that poll for the third-straight Tuesday. BGSU broke into the rankings on Nov. 28, with a placing of 24th, and the Falcons were tied for 22nd in the country in the next week's poll (Dec. 5).
The Falcons' current run of five consecutive weeks in that poll ties the school and Mid-American Conference longevity records. That record was set by last year's BG club, which was ranked in the USA Today/ESPN poll from Feb. 14 to March 13, 2006.
This marks only the fourth time in MAC history that a league school has had a run of at least three consecutive weeks in the top 25. Three of those instances have been in the USA Today poll, with the other in the Associated Press listing, but the Falcons have been that MAC team on all four occasions.
The Falcons, as mentioned, are ranked 25th in the AP poll for the second consecutive week. Despite splitting two games last week, the Brown and Orange gained points in each poll. The Falcons went from 73 to 99 points in the AP poll and from 144 to 173 points in the USA Today/ESPN voting.
BGSU was ranked in each of the two polls last year, marking the program's first appearance in a national poll in 12 years, and the first appearance for a MAC program in over four years.
The Falcons' highest-ever ranking was 19th, in the final Associated Press poll of the 1992-93 season (March 16, 1993), capping a run of four-straight weeks in that poll, the longest such run prior to last year's five-week stint.
This week's BGSU appearance in the USA Today ESPN poll marks the 17th week in MAC history that a league institution has been listed in the USA Today poll -- BG has been that team in 14 of the 17 weeks.
A MAC school has been ranked in the Associated Press poll in a total of 14 weeks, and BGSU has been the team in 10 of those 14 weeks.
The Falcons' most recent action came in Cancun, Mexico. BGSU lost to Duke by a 55-46 score on Dec. 19, before bouncing back for a 59-48 win over Texas-Arlington the following night. Duke was ranked fourth in both polls at the time of the game, and the Blue Devils now rank third in each.
BGSU returns home for the next two games, facing Delaware on Friday (Dec. 29) and Robert Morris on Sunday (Dec. 31). Delaware, currently 10-1 on the year, is receiving votes in both polls, while RMU is 6-3 heading into a Thursday game.
This week's complete polls follow...
USA TODAY/ESPN women's basketball coaches' poll
Dec. 26, 2006
Rank - School (FPV) Record Points LW 1. Maryland (30) 13-0 774 1 2. North Carolina (1) 13-0 744 2 3. Duke 12-0 703 4 4. Tennessee 11-1 668 5 5. Connecticut 9-0 659 6 6. LSU 12-1 586 7 7. Oklahoma 9-1 585 3 8. Ohio State 10-1 571 8 9. Baylor 11-1 517 9 10. Georgia 11-1 472 11 11. Arizona State 11-1 471 10 12. Vanderbilt 11-1 442 12 13. Purdue 11-2 404 13 14. Louisville 13-0 369 14 15. Stanford 7-3 337 15 16. George Washington 9-2 267 18 17. Texas A&M 8-2 230 19 18. DePaul 10-2 213 17 19. California 9-2 207 16 20. Michigan State 9-2 197 20 21. Bowling Green 8-2 173 21 22. Marquette 11-1 132 23 23. Pittsburgh 12-1 124 22 24. Arkansas 13-1 66 24 25. New Mexico 10-2 47 25
Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: Middle Tennessee 30; Texas 14; Rutgers 12; TCU 10; Delaware 8; Nebraska 8; South Florida 7; Florida State 6; Boston College 5; Montana 4; Brigham Young 3; Hofstra 3; Iowa State 3; Missouri 3; Washington 1.
Associated Press women's basketball poll
Dec. 25, 2006
Rank - School (FPV) Record Points LW 1. Maryland (47) 13-0 1,246 1 2. North Carolina (1) 13-0 1,198 2 3. Duke (2) 12-0 1,145 4 4. Tennessee 11-1 1,080 5 5. Connecticut 9-0 1,048 6 6. L-S-U 12-1 966 7 7. Ohio State 10-1 943 8 8. Oklahoma 9-1 929 3 9. Baylor 11-1 833 9 10. Arizona State 11-1 780 10 11. Georgia 11-1 754 11 12. Vanderbilt 11-1 676 12 13. Purdue 11-2 641 13 14. Stanford 7-3 580 14 15. Louisville 13-0 579 16 16. Texas A&M 8-2 394 18 17. George Washington 9-2 356 19 18. California 9-2 355 15 19. DePaul 10-2 315 17 20. Marquette 11-1 301 21 21. Michigan State 9-2 283 20 22. New Mexico 10-2 187 23 23. Arkansas 13-1 169 24 24. Pittsburgh 12-1 155 22 25. Bowling Green 8-2 99 25
Dropped out None.
Others receiving votes: Middle Tennessee 48, Texas 39, Hofstra 37, Rutgers 23, Iowa State 18, Missouri 16, Washington 13, Kentucky 8, North Carolina State 8, South Florida 7, Delaware 6, Nebraska 4, B-Y-U 3, Florida State 3, Indiana 2, Montana 1, Notre Dame 1, Oklahoma State 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 12/18/06 Bowling Green 25 12/25/06 Bowling Green 25
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 12/5/06 Bowling Green T-22 12/12/06 Bowling Green 21 12/19/06 Bowling Green 21 12/26/06 Bowling Green 21
(NOTE: Northern Illinois has made multiple appearances in both polls, but none came while the school was a member of the MAC)
