Who would have thought after the heartbreaking, season opening loss to Bowling Green at home that the Boilermakers would be a top 10 team just six weeks later,
The Purdue football team (6-1, 3-0 Big Ten) is ranked 10th in this week's Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls, released this afternoon.The Boilermakers have not won at the "Big House" since 1966, 15 straight losses. This would be a huge mental hurdle for Purdue to overcome. They are currently one of two undefeateds left in the Big Ten, the other is Michigan State, and the two teams will not meet this year.It marks the Boilermakers' second-highest ranking under seventh-year head coach Joe Tiller. Purdue was ninth the week of Nov. 5, 2000. The last time the Boilermakers were higher than ninth was the week of Sept. 10, 1979, when they were fifth in the Associated Press poll under head coach Jim Young.
Under Tiller, Purdue has been ranked in the Associated Press poll 57 weeks (out of 112 possible). That total stands as the second-most by any Purdue coach. Jack Mollenkopf was on the sidelines for 80 ranked weeks from 1956 to 1969, including five at No. 1 during the 1968 season. Purdue has been ranked 215 weeks in its history.
Purdue's next opponent, Michigan, checks in at 13th in the AP poll and 15th by ESPN/USA Today. The Boilermakers visit the Wolverines on Saturday, Oct. 25. Kickoff is 3:30 p.m. EDT at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, and the game will be televised by ABC.
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