It hasn’t happened in 30 years, but this week the Rutgers Scarlet Knights are in the Top 25:
No joke. Rutgers is ranked.
The Scarlet Knights, long a college football laughingstock, moved Sunday into The Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in 30 years.
No. 23 Rutgers (4-0), led by tailback Ray Rice, the fourth-leading rusher in the nation, is off to its best start since 1980 after beating Howard 56-7 on Saturday.
“I’m not going to downplay it. It is significant considering where we started,” Rutgers coach Greg Schiano said. “It shows we’re making progress in the right direction.”
The Scarlet Knights were one of three new teams at the bottom of the new media poll, which was mostly unchanged at the top.
The Knights are also ranked at 24 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
