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Pitt Ends Season Ranked for Second Straight Year

The Pitt Panthers finished 2022-23 ranked No. 22 in the AP poll.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Ends Season Ranked for Second Straight Year
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PITTSBURGH -- For the second time in as many years, the Pitt Panthers ended the 2022-23 season ranked in the AP top-25 poll. Voters tabbed the Panthers at No. 22 after a 9-4 season punctuated by a last-second win over No. 18 UCLA in the Sun Bowl. 

The Panthers were one of just three ACC teams in the final top-25 of the season. Florida State closed at No. 11 after starting the season unranked and Clemson finished two spots behind it. 

After appearing in the preseason poll at No. 17, Pitt has now started and finished a season ranked for the first time since 1989. This is also the first time the Panthers have finished consecutive years ranked since 1982-1983. That was the conclusion of a five-year run in which the program finished in the top-20 of the AP Poll. Pitt ended last season ranked No. 13, their highest ranking of the season. 

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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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