Sentence examples for they were ranked third from inspiring English sources
Playing its first ranked opponent, Pitt defeated the No. 5 Hokies a year after upsetting them, 28-21, in Blacksburg, Va., when they were ranked third and unbeaten.
The win kept the College Football Playoff hopes alive for the Sooners (5-1, 2-1) a week after a stunning home loss to Iowa State when they were ranked third with a nation-leading 14-game winning streak.
The Filipinos grabbed their best finish in the cup when they were ranked third in the 2012 edition, with a loss from Turkmenistan in the semi-finals, and a victory against Palestine in the third place playoff.
Although HPRT1 or B2M was in the best combination identified both by geNorm and NormFinder, respectively, they were ranked third in our single reference gene ranking by each analysis (Table 4).
They were ranked fourth, fifth and seventh in the world in data revenue for the first nine months of the year.
They do not make up for those offensive woes in the field: they were ranked eighth in the A.L. in defensive efficiency, according to Baseball Prospectus.
As a matter of fact, only recently they were ranked sixth in the list of countries where people work the longest hours.
New Zealand lost 2-0 on their last tour of England in 2013, when they were ranked eighth in the Test standings.
The Australians were regarded as an outside chance for a medal, but were not seen as the main threats, as they were ranked seventh coming into the Olympics out of the 13 competing countries.
And when you look at those around him, like Wesley Sneijder, Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie and the clubs they play for, you know why they are ranked third in the world.
The pre-match anticipation was heightened because France entered Saturday's match top of the group after beating Colombia 4-0 in their opening game, and they are ranked third in the world by Fifa.
