Sentence examples for ranked at the time from inspiring English sources

The Red Storm, coming off a deflating stretch in which it lost 5 of 6, all the losses against teams ranked at the time, handily defeated the third-ranked Blue Devils, who came in with a 19-1 record, 6-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Vujosevic was reinstated Sept. 30, and the Terriers responded by beating U.C. Davis and Princeton, both nationally ranked at the time.

The combined record of Southern California's opponents is even better, 13-1, because they also have played teams that were ranked at the time or had perfect records -- Auburn, Colorado and, on Saturday, then 4-0 Oregon State.

(That record was broken in 2006, when Michigan State rallied from a 35-point deficit to beat Northwestern, but neither team was ranked at the time).

Let's talk only about where teams were ranked at the time a given game was played which, after all, is the scoring system ESPN itself uses in its team overviews.

The Ducks (.9320) have only played one team that was ranked at the time, but could get a boost in the next two weeks with games against UCLA and at Stanford.

"We've already played the No. 2 team once this year, and had a good day against Florida," Georgia Coach Mark Richt said Sunday in a conference call, referring to the Gators' Bowl Championship Series ranking at the time.

At the time he ranked at the ninth most important member of the Chinese government and the Communist Party.

Aguero began his career with Independiente, coming through the youth ranks at the 16-time Argentine champions.

West Virginia was ranked 10th at the time.

The season began with Appalachian State stunning Michigan, ranked fifth at the time, in Ann Arbor.