USF Athletics

Unbeaten Bulls Hold Steady In Polls

October 21, 2018

USF remains one of five unbeaten teams in FBS football
Bulls travel to 6-1 Houston for a 3:30 p.m. (ET) kick Saturday on ABC/ESPN2

TAMPA, OCT. 21, 2018 – One of just five remaining unbeaten teams in FBS football, USF (7-0; 3-0 American) remained at No. 20 in the latest Amway Coaches Poll and No. 21 in the Associated Press Poll, marking the program's 32^nd week ranked in the top 20.
 
The Bulls posted 611 yards of offense on Saturday in a 38-30 victory over UConn to improve to 7-0 and equal the program's best-ever start to a season for the second straight year. USF remains one of two unbeaten and Top 25 ranked teams in the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. The Bulls are joined by No. 10/10 UCF (7-0), which comes to Raymond James Stadium for the War on I-4 on Fri., Nov. 23.
 
USF will travel to Houston (6-1; 3-0 American) Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. (ET) kickoff that will be nationally televised on ABC and ESPN2 in selected markets. Houston garnered 30 votes in the Coaches Poll and 19 in the AP Poll following a 49-36 victory at Navy on Saturday. Houston claimed a 28-24 victory in Tampa last year, scoring the go-ahead touchdown with 11 seconds remaining in the game.
 
Junior Jordan Cronkrite (Miami) posted his fifth straight 100-yard rushing game on Saturday, collecting 103 yards, to equal the program record also held by Quinton Flowers (2016) and Marlon Mack (2015). Freshman Johnny Ford (Miami) had a career-best game running for a team-best 164 yards and three touchdowns as USF produced 346 rushing yards on the day. Redshirt freshman Randall St. Felix led the Bulls with 123 yards and a 75-yard touchdown receiving, while redshirt freshmen Mekhi LaPointe (11) and Nick Roberts (10) led the Bulls in tackles, with Roberts also adding an interception.
 
With 880 yards and six touchdowns on the year, Cronkrite is well on his way to posting the ninth 1,000-yard rushing season in program history and becoming just the fifth Bull to accomplish the feat. The Bulls have been ranked in the top 10 nationally in rushing in each of the previous three seasons and have had a 1,000-yard rusher for a program record four straight seasons.
 
USF has gone 13-2 away from Tampa (10-2 in true road games) in the last three seasons and has won six of its last seven conference road games. USF has won four straight road games vs. AAC West Division foes. The Bulls are averaging 40.8 ppg in their last 15 games away from Tampa, failing to score at least 30 just twice.
 
The Bulls are 35-6 in their last 41 games overall, a mark that is tied with Ohio State and Oklahoma for the third-best mark nationally over each team's last 41 contests, trailing only Alabama (39-2), Clemson (37-4).
 
Season and single-game tickets can be purchased by calling 1-800-Go-Bulls, visiting www.USFBullsTix.com or in-person at the USF Ticket Office (Lee Roy Selmon Athletic Center) Monday through Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. 
 
ABOUT USF FOOTBALL
USF posted its second straight 10-win season in 2017 (10-2) by winning its second straight Birmingham Bowl with a 38-34 victory over Texas Tech. USF is one of just 15 teams nationally to win 20-plus games in the last two seasons (21-4) and posted a program-record 20 straight weeks ranked in the top 25, reaching as high as No. 13 in Week 8 of the 2017 season. The Bulls have won five of their last six bowl appearances and made nine (6-3) total bowl appearances in 21 seasons, including a current run of three straight bowls. USF won a program-record 11 games in 2016 (11-2) and has posted 14 winning seasons. The USF program, which first took the field in 1997, reached No. 2 in the rankings in 2007 and has seen 30 players selected in the NFL Draft, 14 named All-American and had 28 first-team all-conference selections.
 
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