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Plant plummets in national rankings

Posted Aug 30, 2010 by Katherine Smith

Updated Aug 30, 2010 at 10:42 PM

UPDATE: USA Today dropped Plant in its lastest Super 25 rankings. Before Friday’s 48-10 loss to Bradenton Manatee, USA Today has the Panthers ranked sixth in the nation.

After the loss, which included a running clock in the fourth quarter, Plant is out of the top 25 completely. Manatee moved up to sixth place from eighth.

To see the complete list, click here.

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Plant’s free fall in the national rankings has begun.

Following the Panthers 48-10 loss to Bradenton Manatee last Friday night, Plant, previously ranked No. 2 in the nation, fell 38 spots to No. 40. Manatee rose from No. 19 to No. 3.

Click here to see ESPN’s complete list.

Plant opens the regular season on Friday at Tampa Bay Tech, the team that handed them their only regular-season loss last season. The Panthers have another nationally televised game on ESPN scheduled for Sept. 16th against Texas’ Abilene, ESPN’s No. 1 ranked team.

In the MaxPreps national rankings, Plant dropped out of the top 25. They were ranked No. 11 before Friday night’s loss. Armwood moved up three spots to No. 18 after its 42-0 victory against Middleton.

 

Reader Comments

Por (Fbfantic23) on August 31, 2010 (Suggest removal)

I personally think that its wrong to drop Palnt from number 2 in the nation to number 40. I mean come on, it was a preseason game.. it doesnt even count in their stats. O.k they got their butts beat against Manatee, but now it shows Plant what they need to work on offnsively and defensively. Its not like after what happened last Friday… that that is how its going to be for the rest of the season. Overall, It was a preseason game the rankings should have stayed the same and nobody being moved down or moved up over games that dont count.

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