Stat of the century: Indiana AP bball vs football

[TR32]

I purposely waited until November 15 to post this.

In a shock not seen in generations at IU, it is now official: IU football is now ranked higher in the AP poll than IU basketball during a concurrent time in the season, for the first time since November, 1967.

The reason I waited to post was because November 15 coincides with the traditional frame of reference for yearly AP basketball polls.

I looked closely at the Mallory years, specfically 86-93 to be sure, but I believe this is accurate.

 

[Chicago-bound Hoosier]

I purposely waited until November 15 to post this.

In a shock not seen in generations at IU, it is now official: IU football is now ranked higher in the AP poll than IU basketball during a concurrent time in the season, for the first time since November, 1967.

The reason I waited to post was because November 15 coincides with the traditional frame of reference for yearly AP basketball polls.

I looked closely at the Mallory years, specfically 86-93 to be sure, but I believe this is accurate.

not that I really care about the polls in Nov, but was thinking maybe IU bball would have received at least 1 vote in this week's AP poll. Liberty got 3, Vermont got one. Hell even Dayton got one...how's that for Irony?

Obvious the lazy press took last season's results minus Romeo and Morgan, and assumed we would suck even more this year. We'll have to win a lot of meaningful games this year to get noticed.

In those yrs you mentioned (86-93) aside from some of the 87-88 season and the Cheney/Graham frosh year (89-90) we were ranked most every week.

 

[i'vegotwinners]

I purposely waited until November 15 to post this.

In a shock not seen in generations at IU, it is now official: IU football is now ranked higher in the AP poll than IU basketball during a concurrent time in the season, for the first time since November, 1967.

The reason I waited to post was because November 15 coincides with the traditional frame of reference for yearly AP basketball polls.

I looked closely at the Mallory years, specfically 86-93 to be sure, but I believe this is accurate.

IU football would have been # 5 on Nov 15 1967. (got up to #4 after beating PU).

and IU was defending B10 bball champs on Nov 15, 1967, with much of it's nucleus from the previous yr returning. (minus Jack Johnson,, Erv Inniger, Bill Russell, and some others who played lessor roles the previous yr).

had the 67-68 bball polls come out yet on Nov 15, 1967, IU likely would have been top 10. (putting them top 10 in both bball and fball.

bball got up to #3 in the polls by late Dec 67, before the bottom fell out. (we were #3 in bball and #4 in fball the day after Christmas 1967)..

one of the downsides to tremendously overachieving, is it's difficult to repeat.

 

[TR32]

IU was ranked #9 in the December 12, 1967 poll, but not before, while, as you mentioned, IU football was #5 on 11/13, while IU bball was not charted yet.

 

[Paterfamilias]

Jan 3, 1979 IU football was ranked #19 in the Final AP Poll after the Holiday Bowl victory over BYU. IU Basketball was unranked on Jan 3, 1979

 

[TR32]

Nope. Check your dates again.

The Holiday Bowl was December 21, 1979. Indeed, IU was 19th in the final poll.

But...
IU was ranked #5 that week in basketball after being #1 preseason. Woodson.

You are off by a year. The Holiday Bowl was played during the 1979 season.

 

[fkfootball]

I think we could end up ranked in basketball. We need to go undefeated up untill January 1st. Not really a tall order. The hardest teams are Florida St, Wisconsin, UConn, Notre Dame, Nebraska, and Arkansas.

Not a game in there that we can’t win. The team we have has size, talent, and experience. This is Archie’s time to show us what he’s really made of.

 

[Paterfamilias]

Nope. Check your dates again.

The Holiday Bowl was December 21, 1979. Indeed, IU was 19th in the final poll.

But...
IU was ranked #5 that week in basketball after being #1 preseason. Woodson.

You are off by a year. The Holiday Bowl was played during the 1979 season.

Good catch, and very cool stat either way.

 

[ndhuntington]

Indiana football has gotten better and better each year while basketball has gotten worse each year.

 

[TR32]

A fleeting moment in time.....gone!

 

[Big Red Crimson Buffalo]

Just think, guys:

There are some schools that are consistently ranked high in both. It can be done with the right support.

 

[hondo314]

Just think, guys:

There are some schools that are consistently ranked high in both. It can be done with the right support.

Maybe it’s happening in both sports literally as you type...

It was earth all along!