Out of the top 25

[louisiana_dog]

What is the longest time Louisiana Tech has been out of the top 25, and if it is now, when/how long was the last time?

[rustondawg5198]

The first-ever AP poll came out in 1976-77, Tech did not appear in the polls at all that year. But it was only a Top 10 poll at that time.

The following year, it went up to 20 teams. Tech appeared for the first time in week 10, tied for 20th. So we were unranked for 19 weeks from 1976-78.

Tech did not drop out of the Top 25 (and rarely out of the Top 10) from 1978 through Week 11 of the 1990-91 season. They were unranked the rest of that season, a total of 7 weeks. They started the 1991-92 season ranked in the first two polls, but then dropped out again for the rest of the year, a total of 16 weeks.

Beginning with the 1992-93 season, Tech appeared in every poll through Week 4 of the 2004-05 season. We then dropped out and did not reappear in the polls until Week 14 of the 2005-06 season. Total weeks unranked: 27 weeks.

We began the 2006-07 season unranked, and have not reappeared in the polls since. Counting the poll that will come out tomorrow, that will make approximately 31 weeks.

So Tech is currently in the midst of the longest unranked streak in school history. To summarize:

2006-07 to present: 31 weeks
Week 5, 2004-05 to Week 13, 2005-06: 27 weeks
First-ever poll to Week 9, 1977-78: 19 weeks
Week 3 through Week 18, 1991-92: 16 weeks
Week 11 through Week 17, 1990-91: 7 weeks
Week 14, 1977-78: 1 week

[louisiana_dog]

Wow, thanks. That was alot of information to put together and I didnt know where to start.

[Reckless Abandon]

The first-ever AP poll came out in 1976-77, Tech did not appear in the polls at all that year. But it was only a Top 10 poll at that time.

The following year, it went up to 20 teams. Tech appeared for the first time in week 10, tied for 20th. So we were unranked for 19 weeks from 1976-78.

Tech did not drop out of the Top 25 (and rarely out of the Top 10) from 1978 through Week 11 of the 1990-91 season. They were unranked the rest of that season, a total of 7 weeks. They started the 1991-92 season ranked in the first two polls, but then dropped out again for the rest of the year, a total of 16 weeks.

Beginning with the 1992-93 season, Tech appeared in every poll through Week 4 of the 2004-05 season. We then dropped out and did not reappear in the polls until Week 14 of the 2005-06 season. Total weeks unranked: 27 weeks.

We began the 2006-07 season unranked, and have not reappeared in the polls since. Counting the poll that will come out tomorrow, that will make approximately 31 weeks.

So Tech is currently in the midst of the longest unranked streak in school history. To summarize:

2006-07 to present: 31 weeks
Week 5, 2004-05 to Week 13, 2005-06: 27 weeks
First-ever poll to Week 9, 1977-78: 19 weeks
Week 3 through Week 18, 1991-92: 16 weeks
Week 11 through Week 17, 1990-91: 7 weeks
Week 14, 1977-78: 1 week

Wow. I really hope you looked all that up. If not, then I am impressed by your fanhood.

[rustondawg5198]

Haha, I definitely looked it up. I love the Techsters, but I'm not THAT good. It's on page 138 of this year's media guide, which you can view on the web site.

http://latechsports.cstv.com/sports/...dia-guide.html

That page does say we were ranked the last six polls of last season, but I KNOW that's not correct...a closer look shows that part was copy/pasted from the 2005-06 season.