Temple University Athletics
Temple Climbs to Its Highest Ranking This Season
11.29.15 | Football
PHILADELPHIA – The college football polls were announced this afternoon and the 10-2 Temple Owls moved up in both the Associated Press (AP) Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll. Temple finds itself 20th in the AP rankings and 21st in the Coaches Poll.
This marks the sixth week in the Top 25 for Temple, already a school record for one season. The Owls were first ranked at 6-0 and stayed in the polls for four weeks before a loss at USF knocked them out for one week. A 31-12 victory last week over #21 Memphis put Temple back in the Top 25 and yesterday's 27-3 win over UConn moved the Owls to their highest ranking this year.
Temple won the East Division of the American Athletic Conference and will travel to Houston to face the West Division Champion Cougars this Saturday. Houston, 11-1, is ranked 17th in the AP Poll and 18th in the Coaches Poll. The game will be broadcast on ABC at noon ET.
Both teams await Tuesday's announcement of the College Football Playoff (CFP) Polls. Temple was ranked 25th last week and Houston was not ranked but defeated #15 Navy this past Friday.
Beginning in 2014, the top four teams in the CFP rankings compete in a bracket style format for a chance to play for the national championship. This year's semifinals (the Capital One Orange Bowl and the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic) are on New Year's Eve, with the winners meeting in the College Football Playoff Championship. The 2016 CFP National Championship is slated for Jan. 11 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
In addition to determining the semifinal bowls, the selection committee is responsible for seeding teams in the New Year's Six bowls. After the top four teams are assigned to the semifinal sites, the committee fills the remaining bowl slots according to the CFP rankings and bowl agreements between conferences.
A talented group of high-integrity individuals with experience as coaches, student-athletes, college administrators and journalists, along with sitting athletics directors, comprise the selection committee. Members of the committee are: Jeff Long (chair), Barry Alvarez, Mike Gould, Kirby Hocutt, Tom Jernstedt, Bobby Johnson, Tom Osborne, Dan Radakovich, Condoleezza Rice, Mike Tranghese, Steve Wieberg and Tyrone Willingham.
For more information on the College Football Playoff visit: http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com
This marks the sixth week in the Top 25 for Temple, already a school record for one season. The Owls were first ranked at 6-0 and stayed in the polls for four weeks before a loss at USF knocked them out for one week. A 31-12 victory last week over #21 Memphis put Temple back in the Top 25 and yesterday's 27-3 win over UConn moved the Owls to their highest ranking this year.
Temple won the East Division of the American Athletic Conference and will travel to Houston to face the West Division Champion Cougars this Saturday. Houston, 11-1, is ranked 17th in the AP Poll and 18th in the Coaches Poll. The game will be broadcast on ABC at noon ET.
Both teams await Tuesday's announcement of the College Football Playoff (CFP) Polls. Temple was ranked 25th last week and Houston was not ranked but defeated #15 Navy this past Friday.
Beginning in 2014, the top four teams in the CFP rankings compete in a bracket style format for a chance to play for the national championship. This year's semifinals (the Capital One Orange Bowl and the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic) are on New Year's Eve, with the winners meeting in the College Football Playoff Championship. The 2016 CFP National Championship is slated for Jan. 11 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
In addition to determining the semifinal bowls, the selection committee is responsible for seeding teams in the New Year's Six bowls. After the top four teams are assigned to the semifinal sites, the committee fills the remaining bowl slots according to the CFP rankings and bowl agreements between conferences.
A talented group of high-integrity individuals with experience as coaches, student-athletes, college administrators and journalists, along with sitting athletics directors, comprise the selection committee. Members of the committee are: Jeff Long (chair), Barry Alvarez, Mike Gould, Kirby Hocutt, Tom Jernstedt, Bobby Johnson, Tom Osborne, Dan Radakovich, Condoleezza Rice, Mike Tranghese, Steve Wieberg and Tyrone Willingham.
For more information on the College Football Playoff visit: http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com
MBB Press Conference vs. Princeton (Adam Fisher)
Tuesday, December 23
MBB Press Conference vs.Princeton (Babatunde Durodola and Jordan Mason)
Tuesday, December 23
Temple Men's Basketball 2025-26 All Access | Game 12 at Davidson 12.18.2025
Sunday, December 21
Ep. 29: Last Episode of First Semester from David & Amelia
Wednesday, December 17
