Oct. 12, 2003

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue football team is ranked 13th in this week's Associated Press poll, released this afternoon. It marks the Boilermakers' higest position since being 13th in the final poll of the 2000 season. They have been higher than 13th only three times under head coach Joe Tiller - the weeks of Sept. 26, 1999 (11th), Oct. 29, 2000 (11th) and Nov. 5, 2000 (ninth).

In the ESPN/USA Today poll, the Boilermakers are ranked 15th. Last week, they were 18th by AP and 20th by ESPN/USA Today.

Under Tiller, Purdue has been ranked in the Associated Press poll 56 weeks (out of 111 possible). That total stands as the second-most by any Purdue coach. Jack Mollenkopf was on the sidelines for 80 ranked weeks from 1956 to 1969, including five at No. 1 during the 1968 season. Purdue has been ranked 214 weeks in its history.

Purdue's next opponent, Wisconsin, checks in at 14th in the AP poll and 12th by ESPN/USA Today. The Boilermakers visit the Badgers on Saturday, Oct. 18. Kickoff is 11 a.m. at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, and the game will be televised by either ESPN or ESPN2. The decision will be made Monday.

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