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That's always been the nature of the teams in the league. They've earned it, every one of those teams have earned any rankings they might have, because those are three very good defensive football teams.

Bob Biggs

I don't know. We've just got to play our game and make adjustments based on what they do. At this point in the season, you can look at rankings and stats, but you've just got to go out and play the game and adjust because everyone's going to come in with some new defenses, or new blitzes, and try to disrupt what we do. We just have to be ready to adjust.

Dan Kreider

I think they'll be moving up in the rankings. They're as big as any team I've coached against, and that includes my 13 years in the National Football League. They're really big.

Bobby Ross

My goal is to make it to the second week of a Grand Slam and get into the top 50 in the rankings.

Aiko Nakamura

I have to stay consistent and do well in international tournaments to remain among the top four in the world rankings.

Chong Wei

We have a huge target on our backs this year. It's fun to look at rankings, but you still have to go out and play.

Paul Wilson

It'd be great [to win], not only for morale but just rankings-wise and for other people to see that we are a team to be respected.

Hollee Haines

I was really pleased with how well we competed tonight. I think this will help us continue to move up in the rankings. This will give us even more confidence to get to where we want to go.

John Spini

Right now they're the team to beat. We're picked first in the conference and the rankings are just a big bulls-eye. It gets everybody's attention and helps motivate the teams we're playing. We've got to show up too.

Tommy Ramos

We have 16 players who are the No. 1 player in their country. The cutoff to get into (the tournament) was No. 68 (in the ATP rankings). No tournament outside of a Grand Slam has that kind of quality and depth.

Steve Bellamy

You can't pay too much attention to what this one publication says, but people do read these rankings and it can change perceptions.

James Owens

The rankings are a testament to the Metro League. But we're still on the outside looking in.

Keith Tiemeyer

...They did draw the customers in despite all the false starts. The fact that they ended up so high in the rankings is testimony to the strength of the brand.

Dorothy Lakner

We lost a game but we stayed in the rankings because our league is so good. Obviously, people understand how good Creighton is and know that a loss at Creighton isn't the end of the world.

Greg Mcdermott

They're an outstanding basketball team. There's a difference. We ran the same offense they ran, but they made good screens and cuts and had quickness. I think we played hard, but there's a difference and a reason they are where they are in the rankings.

Tony Weinandt

We're constantly watching it on a daily, hourly -- we're watching it by the minute. It's not just by chance you end up on the top of the page rankings. I don't know anybody who's gotten there just by chance. They've got to have a good content page, and they've got to know what the search engines are looking for.

Bruce Fisher

We are not that far behind the teams ahead of us in the rankings. We just have to get mentally tough.

Jeff Beavers

This fight will catapult him into the elite and into the rankings. This fight will put him into the public demand. You'll see him on TV after this. He has the desire to be great.

Tom Yankello

There are certain criteria set by the Official World Golf Rankings Board to award world ranking points in a tournament.

Trevor Immelman

We are going to see a slow fading away of some of the funds in the bottom half of the performance rankings.

Alan Pardee

Despite the rankings, they're still the champs until someone proves otherwise.

Sean Organ

We talked about it as a team - that a point in November is as big as a point in February. It just didn't register and that's something we figured out that we have to do better next year so we can move up in the rankings.

Rand Pecknold

I'm feeling good and hitting the ball well. I want to get some results and move up the rankings. I'm looking forward to the tournament.

Jyoti Randhawa

We hadn't been down like that in a long time. It was up to us to go out and prove why we've been on top of the state rankings all season.

Derek Dennis

When you're on the outside looking in at our organization, based on last year it's hard to argue with these rankings. Last year, people were expecting us to be in serious contention. This year, people are thinking, ?Where's this La Crosse club going to be?' That's where we get the chance to go out and prove ourselves.

Chris Goodell

When you look at the individual components of rankings, press coverage does not play into many of them. That said, every University should look into the rankings so they know they are an accurate reflection.

William Murphy

The first day of practice we set some lofty goals, and a lot of people might have laughed at them. But we told them at the very beginning, 'It doesn't matter what the rankings are. All we can do is control ourselves on the floor.' And these guys continue to amaze even me.

Jason Couch

It's going to take a lot of hard work, but I think that we can be top 10 in the national rankings.

Todd Clapper

It really made it clear for me when the new rankings came out.

Richard Freeland

This competition highlights the strengths of the new system. You can have rankings but still have people be very close. The new system allows for unpredictability.

Benjamin Agosto

The rankings are meaningless until the final poll after the final game. We just concern ourselves with what we need to do in order to improve.

David Throop

That we can compete with the best team in the country and that we belong in the top of the rankings.

Anthony Fasano

Rankings really mean nothing at this point. It's going to be a good barometer of where we are early in the season.

Jeremy Fishbein

They are capable of giving us difficult matches. So we know that we just have to focus on the match and not worry about rankings or winning streaks.

Catrina Thompson

You can't let the records and rankings get to you. You can't put much stock in it. You pay attention to that stuff and you're going to be going home early.

Chris Whitt

Kennedy was undefeated in league. They're the No. 1 seed in our section in the power rankings. To go in there and beat them is a big win for us.

Duwaine Ganskie

It's nice to be seen as one of the top teams in the league. The rankings don't mean a whole lot, but we can appreciate it. It really comes down to the conference season.

Greg Kennett

We didn't pay attention to the rankings, we just played. It's a big win. Everybody was excited, everybody wanted to put in their part ... and everybody did.

Danielle Ward

Airport is the team that probably would give us the most trouble. The wrestlers they have in the rankings don't really do them justice. They've got some tough kids.

John Hollman

It's all luck of the draw. The rankings are usually pretty accurate. It's great for Mark and Alex. And they're wrestling real well right now. They're at the top of their game.

Tanner Hovda

We've sure had our bowl troubles. That's why it would be huge for us to win this game. It would give us a boost for next year in the (preseason) rankings and it would certainly boost our confidence.

Owen Schmitt

Marin is doing well statewide, but California is not faring that well nationally, so when you look at Marin's high rankings you want to keep them in perspective.

Ted Lempert

We're certainly aware of the rankings. It's a tough region. We're in there with some very tough schools, and it's subjective.

Sandy Hoddinott

That which does not kill you only makes you stronger. We have played with the best. I look at the state rankings, and there aren't many that we haven't played. You've got to test your players.

Amy Pettibone

I'm hoping that some of the players, or the team, can get pre-season rankings. Our goal as a team is to be locked into a pre-season top 75 spot (in the ITA).

John Severance

They have a year under their belt. Our goal is to be ranked in the top 70 (in the college rankings) in the next few years. The girls know that.

Denise Albrecht

We've been winning ugly. We're fortunate to be 2-0. A bad break here or there and we could easily be 0-2. That's why we're not getting too excited about our record or the ranking. We just need to get better or we won't be talking about where we're at in the rankings for very long.

Geno Demarco

We know what the West Indies are capable of. We are not looking at the rankings. The object is to develop what we think will be a good unit in the future.

Andy Pycroft

We had a great tournament. The new national rankings should put us about seventh or eighth.

Jim Koch

Rankings don't mean anything. The bottom line is filling needs. From the Florida State perspective and even from watching them on the field this year, everybody knows what they need: offensive linemen. They could sign as many as nine or 10, so if they do that they are filling obviously a glaring need.

Jamie Newberg

I think we're sick of hearing about it as well, and we're sick of hearing coach talk about it, what the rankings have us and how we shouldn't think about that. I think we want to go out and make our own rankings and put ourselves in the category of the elite.

Jovon Johnson

I don't pay any attention to that (rankings). I like being ignored and staying under the radar.

Diane Tuller

Illinois Best Weekly has four of us in their rankings. It's one of the premier wrestling conferences in the state. (Talent) goes pretty deep in the DVC.

Mike Dinovo

Rankings don't mean anything to me, but it was fuel for the fire for our guys and I hope they go in with a chip on their shoulder, because I know we're talented enough to win the whole thing. However, you have to earn respect, it's not given to you, so we have to go earn it.

Luke Michaelson

The challenge with the machines is you have to have a machine that accommodates this method of voting. We needed to be able to count votes with these rankings taken into account.

Ryan O'donnell

I've had to bring in 13 new guys with what all these guys have done here before. We've had some guys play here who've cracked the top 50-75 in the world rankings.

Scott Stewart

The reasons most often given are that lists are arbitrary, and reflect the tastes of the people putting them together - or that they are elitist with rankings.

Charles Harris

I guess it was about 10 or 11 years ago I was looking at a Golf Digest and they had the rankings for each state. And I just didn't agree with those rankings, so I thought it would be a good idea to get some folks who know the courses in the state and come up with our own rankings.

Bill Hensley

Most of the polls and rankings are generated out of Little Rock and those people never bother to go see the West play. That's a lack of respect for our conference more than anything else.

Barry Gebhart

I didn't expect to be that high (in the rankings). It's a big accomplishment, but it doesn't really mean anything. That's why, instead of cutting back, I'm going to work even harder in practice.

Lawrence Cavello

With its rankings, the scale will also give a better perspective on how these major storms affected populations in the Northeast.

Louis Uccellini

Rankings are just numbers --they don't matter. But it did fire us up to know that they were ranked higher than us. I'm not going to lie. To know that we were able to pull it off is a great feeling, something you can't put into words.

Nathan Hedgecock

Right now we're ranked sixth, but we're really focusing on this Colorado tournament. This is what is going to make or break us in the national rankings.

Brooke Julicher

There are different proposals. It certainly will be a mix of the performance from the last World Cup and the world rankings.

Sepp Blatter

You can throw out the No. 2 vs. No. 3 thing. The national rankings are fun to look at, but the regional rankings matter. This game was about getting home-court for the playoffs.

Tyler Amaya

It was just a mistake. There are 20 variables (in the similar school rankings), and when typing in the numbers, they missed that one.

Pat Mccabe

It's a typical case of us looking ahead. The state rankings came out today and we were ranked fourth, but we certainly didn't play like it.

Anthony Campanella

Ninety-nine percent of our business comes from the Internet, and it all comes from those Internet searches. Without search-engine rankings, you just don't have it.

Bruce Fisher

In New Hampshire, we did really well. We had a really good performance and it was a really consistent meet. We went 24-24, which has been one of our goals for the season. It moved us up in the rankings to No. 16.

Jennifer Orlando

Our goal is to offer a world-class business education to the citizens of Utah, and the rankings confirm we are living up to this expectation.

Jack Brittain

There could be a national ranking achieved in the (800) relay. Whoever wins, both teams should get national rankings.

Roscoe Googe

Rankings don't mean anything. A cup of coffee and two guys sitting around a table is all those are worth. It's nice to be ranked. It looks good for recruiting purposes, but other than that, it doesn't mean anything until you get to nationals.

Dave Schutter

The sale could be the biggest ever out of China and I don't expect there'd be any IPO bigger than that in the future. Getting this underwriting mandate means a lot for the investment banks' reputations and league rankings in China.

Sam Ho

Every time a team comes in our place, we expect to win. We don't really try to look at rankings. We come in here and we expect to win every game. We did that today.

Richard Hendrix

National rankings like this one lend credibility to Nevada's economic development and marketing efforts. As we continue to diversify, maintaining a friendly business environment remains a critical factor in distinguishing us from the rest.

Chuck Alvey

We performed well, but obviously Ohio State is a good team, they are tied for second with us (in the rankings). It was neck and neck; this meet they just performed better.

Yoshi Hayasaki

This is the time in our season when we shut down and continue to practice through meets. We anticipate a drop in the national rankings, but we are focusing on the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments.

Miles Avery