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Purdue
Best finish
No. 1
Seasons ranked
34 / 45
Best finish
No. 1 (2025-2026)
Sports
Football · Men's Basketball · Women's Basketball · Women's Volleyball
Polls
Media · Coaches · Playoff
Years in the Rankings
Any poll, any sportSeason-final ranking by sport · 1982-1983 – 2026-2027
FootballMen's BasketballWomen's BasketballWomen's Volleyball
Each point is Purdue'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 Purdue 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.
2020s7 ranked
2010s10 ranked
2000s10 ranked
2009
Best · No. 3
Men'sWomen'sVB2008
Best · No. 9
Men'sWomen'sVB2007
Best · No. 13
FBMen'sWomen'sVB2006
Best · No. 9
Women'sVB2005
Best · No. 8
FBWomen'sVB2004
Best · No. 5
FBWomen'sVB2003
Best · No. 2
FBMen'sWomen's2002
Best · No. 6
Men'sWomen's2001
Best · No. 7
FBWomen's2000
Best · No. 2
FBWomen's
1990s1 ranked
1999Unranked
1998Unranked
1997Unranked
1996Unranked
1995Unranked
1994Unranked
1993Unranked
1992Unranked
1991Unranked
1990
Best · No. 20
VB1980s6 ranked
Recent Season
Media Top 25 · 2021-2022Ranking by week
Lower is better. Gaps mark weeks the team was unranked. Open this season's board →
2021-2022 Schedule
9–4Opponent ranks are their Media Top 25 position that week. Ranked wins are highlighted.
| Wk | Opponent | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | vs | W 30–21 | |
| Wk 2 | at | W 49–0 | |
| Wk 3 | at | 12 |
L 13–27 |
| Wk 4 | vs | W 13–9 | |
| Wk 5 | vs | L 13–20 | |
| Wk 7 | at | 2 |
W 24–7 |
| Wk 8 | vs | L 13–30 | |
| Wk 9 | at | W 28–23 | |
| Wk 10 | vs | 5 |
W 40–29 |
| Wk 11 | at | 6 |
L 31–59 |
| Wk 12 | vs | W 32–14 | |
| Wk 13 | vs | W 44–7 | |
| Bowl | vs | W 48–45 |