[Husker] Best road win since 1996?

[Steve Reichenbach]

NU beat Notre Dame in South Bend in 2000.  NU was ranked #1 and
Notre Dame was ranked #23.  NU was ranked #1 most of that season
until losing at OU.  Before that, NU had a huge win against #2
ranked Washington in Seattle in 1997.

Except 2002, when NU lost to 3 ranked opponents on the road in route
to a 7-7 season, there haven't been that many chances: only 1 in 2001,
3 in 2002, only 1 in 2003, only 1 in 2004, and 0 in 2005.
To: husker at tssi.com, pgaule at cox.net
Subject: Re: [Husker] Best road win since 1996?

NU beat Notre Dame in South Bend in 2000.  NU was ranked #1 and
Notre Dame was ranked #23.  NU was ranked #1 most of that season
until losing at OU.

Except 2002, when NU lost to 3 ranked opponents on the road in route
to a 7-7 season, there haven't been that many chances: only 1 in 2001,
3 in 2002, only 1 in 2003, only 1 in 2004, and 0 in 2005.

> >When was the last time we beat a ranked 
> >conference opponent on the road?
> >
> >Kansas State (#16) in 1996 ?
> >
> I guess it depends what rankings you go by.  I've always hated the whole 
> "record vs. ranked opponents" stuff because most of those statistics 
> only consider where the opponent was ranked at the time you beat them.  
> The only rankings that have any meaning are those at the end of the 
> season.  It's not uncommon for teams to be in the top ten at some point 
> in the season and then not even be mentioned in the "others receiving 
> votes" category after the season is over.
> 
> For instance:
> 
> Missouri was not ranked when we beat them in 1997, but they finished the 
> season at #23 in both polls.
> Iowa State was not ranked when we beat them in 2000, but they finished 
> the season #25 and #23 in the polls.
> 
> If Texas A&M loses to Texas next weekend, I think it's unlikely they'll 
> be ranked at the end of the season.