Louisiana Tech cracks top 25
By: Lance Snow
Updated: October 8, 2012
RUSTON,
La. (Oct. 7, 2012)
- A season of firsts
just added to its list of accomplishments as Louisiana Tech entered the Top 25
rankings in both the Associated Press and USA Today/Coaches polls following the
Bulldogs 58-31 win over UNLV.
Tech was
ranked 23rd this week in the Associated Press poll, only the second
time the AP has ranked the Bulldogs in the history of the program. The only
other time the AP has ranked Tech was in 1999 as the Bulldogs were 8-2 and
ranked 25th prior to the season finale at Southern
Cal.
In the USA
Today/Coaches poll, Tech garnered a No. 24 ranking marking the first time that
poll has ranked the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs
currently have the nation's longest regular season winning streak at 12 games.
Louisiana
Tech moved to 5-0 on the year after its win over the Rebels in a game where the
Bulldogs scored at least 31 unanswered points for the third consecutive game. LA
Tech now has wins over the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten Conference,
Conference USA (twice) and the Mountain West Conference this season.
Tech is off
to its best start since the 1975 season and is ranked second in the nation in
turnover margin, third in the nation in scoring offense and
11th in the nation in total
offense.
No. 23/24
Louisiana Tech will face No. 22/21 Texas A&M on Saturday at Independence
Stadium in Shreveport. The Bulldogs will be looking for their first win over a
ranked opponent since 2005 when Tech upended No. 23 Fresno State, 40-28, in
Fresno, Calif.
