After Maryland was included Sunday in the newly released AP Top 25 -- just making it in, at No. 25 -- it was more than fair to ask: when was the last time the Terps were actually ranked in the poll during the season?
The team was voted No. 23 in the final AP Top 25 of the 2010 season, a nice parting gift for the outgoing Ralph Friedgen and the Military Bowl champion Terps.
But to find their last regular-season appearance, you have to go back even further: Nov. 16, 2008. It was a short-lived distinction. No. 22 Maryland lost, 37-3, to an unranked Florida State team and received not even a single vote the next week.
In a funny coincidence, the newly ranked Terps will face none other than the Seminoles this Saturday. But little about then and now compares. Allow me to explain.
On Nov. 16, 2008, the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single was ...