The ranking of the opponent definitely has an impact on fan perception of the game's outcome and should give the team confidence...it does matter what the team is ranked. If this happened against 1-6 Utah state it’s much different than against Ohio State.
Good point about rankings. If this was beginning of September I’d agree. But it’s late October. Rankings matter at this point of the year.
We haven’t beat a top 5 team in 23 years. I’m bummed we didn’t pull this one out. But it’s a step in the right direction and Rhule has us going in the right direction.
BUT
A loss is by definition not a step in the right direction.