Friday, January 09, 2009

Huskers fall short of top-25 ranking

The final polls came out late Thursday night/early Friday morning and Nebraska was left on the outside looking in at the top 25 of both the Associated Press media poll and the USA Today coaches' poll.

Despite a 9-4 record and a Gator Bowl victory over Clemson, the Cornhuskers wound up No. 29 in the AP poll and No. 30 in the coaches' poll. Four-loss teams that did make the AP top 25 included Mississippi, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Missouri, Iowa, Florida State, Georgia Tech, West Virginia and Michigan State. Those teams and California were four-loss teams that finished inside the top 25 of the coaches' poll.

In the end, after last year's 5-7 season, Nebraska's season probably lacked the kind of signature victory needed to recapture the attention of national voters -- something that could've happened if NU had been able to pull off an overtime upset at Texas Tech. Of the Huskers' nine wins this season, only one of them came with coach Bo Pelini's team as the underdog (Clemson).

Truth be told, Nebraska still has a lot of momentum heading into the offseason with its four-game winning streak and a ranking in the lower part of the top 25 would've been nice for the Huskers, but doesn't take away from what they accomplished.

Posted by Terry Douglass @ Friday, January 09, 2009 ||

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