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Pittsburgh
Best finish
No. 1
Seasons ranked
21 / 25
Best finish
No. 1 (2008-2009)
Sports
Football · Men's Basketball · Women's Basketball
Polls
Media · Coaches · Playoff
Years in the Rankings
Any poll, any sportSeason-final ranking by sport · 2001-2002 – 2022-2023
FootballMen's BasketballWomen's Basketball
Each point is Pittsburgh's rank in that sport's final poll of the season. Lower is better; a gap is a season that sport didn't finish ranked.
A year is lit when Pittsburgh was ranked in any poll that season; the best rank reached is shown. Click a year to open that season's poll board and cycle it week by week.
2020s5 ranked
2010s7 ranked
2000s9 ranked
Recent Season
Media Top 25 · 2025-2026Ranking by week
Lower is better. Gaps mark weeks the team was unranked. Open this season's board →
2025-2026 Schedule
8–5Opponent ranks are their Media Top 25 position that week. Ranked wins are highlighted.
| Wk | Opponent | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | vs | Duquesne | W 61–9 |
| Wk 2 | vs |  Central Michigan |
W 45–17 |
| Wk 3 | at |  West Virginia |
L 24–31 |
| Wk 5 | vs |  Louisville |
L 27–34 |
| Wk 6 | vs |  Boston College |
W 48–7 |
| Wk 7 | at | 25 Florida State |
W 34–31 |
| Wk 8 | at |  Syracuse |
W 30–13 |
| Wk 9 | vs |  NC State |
W 53–34 |
| Wk 10 | at |  Stanford |
W 35–20 |
| Wk 12 | vs | 9 Notre Dame |
L 15–37 |
| Wk 13 | at | 15 Georgia Tech |
W 42–28 |
| Wk 14 | vs | 13 Miami |
L 7–38 |
| Bowl | vs |  East Carolina · neutral |
L 17–23 |