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Pitt Has Best Odds to Go Unranked to Top 10

The Pitt Panthers have a chance to build another historic season.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Has Best Odds to Go Unranked to Top 10
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers did not crack the Preseason AP or Coaches Poll Top 25 this summer but they could find themselves climbing the rankings soon and in a big way. 

In each of the last 30 seasons, at least one team has finished the season ranked in the top 10 after beginning the season unranked and Pitt has the best odds of anyone in the country to do just that, according to PennStakes.com.

PennStakes gives the Panthers have a 15.3% chance to rise from unranked to elite, followed by Illinois (13.3%), Kentucky (12.5%), Texas Tech (11.1%), Arkansas (10.5%) and the field (60%). 

PennStakes likes the addition of Phil Jurkovec as the new starting quarterback and a schedule that builds in difficulty towards marquee late-season matchups with Florida State and Notre Dame, a pair of top-15 teams. 

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Stephen Thompson
STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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