Has Pitt ever beaten two Top 10s in the same year?
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too hard to ascertain for a point in time....I still do not believe Pitt has beaten two top ten teams until the season ends...Texas has beaten two top ten teams this year but alas neither is there anymore...
Yeah, I'd wait until the end of the year. Although it is looking more and more like these two teams will finish in the top 10.
Correct. The true measure of whether you've beaten a top 10 team is where they finish at the end of the season.
In 1989 we beat #10 Syracuse and tied #9 WVU. Neither team finished in the top 25.
On the other hand if those teams were ranked there when Pitt beat them that says something to. Things change as seasons progress.
I say if the team was ranked when we played them but not at the end, count it.
And if the team wasn't ranked when we played them but were ranked later, count it. But I may be biased.
Penn State will be ranked until they get absolutely crushed in their Bowl game against an actual opponent, not Big 10 bottom feeders.
I respectfully disagree. I think the true measure is where the opponent was ranked at the time the game was played. Teams can change so much over a short time frame.
Clemson was ranked in the Top 3 (depending upon the poll) at the time Pitt won.
North Carolina and VTech were both ranked teams at the time Pitt played them.
And PSU sure as heck wasn't anything close to a Top 10 team at the time of the Pitt game. Like PSU or hate PSU, that team has improved as much as any in the country with experience and the return of injured players. Not the same it was six or seven weeks ago.
Just my opinion. Everybody is entitled to their own view on this. I have no problem with that as long as they are consistent. (Can't say Pitt beat a Top 10 PSU team and lost to ranked NC and VT.)
Rankings, for the most of the season is determined by coaches and sports writers. When the season plays out and the schedule has been played, then you can determine how good the team you beat actually was.
In 1984, Pitt was a preseason #3. They finished 3-7-1. Should the teams that beat Pitt that season pound their chests? No, Pitt stunk...
Let me give you another example of rankings... In 1974, Pitt played USC at home. Pitt was ranked #8 going into the game. USC was ranked #18. USC won the game 16-7. At the end of he year, USC won a share of the national championship, while Pitt ended up unranked.
In 1984, Pitt was a preseason #3. They finished 3-7-1. Should the teams that beat Pitt that season pound their chests? No, Pitt stunk...
Let me give you another example of rankings... In 1974, Pitt played USC at home. Pitt was ranked #8 going into the game. USC was ranked #18. USC won the game 16-7. At the end of he year, USC won a share of the national championship, while Pitt ended up unranked.
Nope. Notre Dame was ranked 11 in the preseason when we played them in the first game of the year. And if you are going by where they ended the season then actually ended up 12th. The week before we beat the nitters they were ranked 16 and they were unranked in the final AP poll. Georgia was number 5 when we beat them and ended up 10th in the final poll.
Thanks for the memories( wasn't that a Dean Martin song) and good info.
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