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Purdue
Best finish
No. 1
Seasons ranked
25 / 26
Best finish
No. 1 (2025-2026)
Sports
Football · Men's Basketball · Women's Basketball
Polls
Media · Coaches · Playoff
Years in the Rankings
Any poll, any sportSeason-final ranking by sport · 2000-2001 – 2025-2026
FootballMen's BasketballWomen's Basketball
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.
2020s6 ranked
2010s9 ranked
2000s10 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 |  Oregon State |
W 30–21 |
| Wk 2 | at |  UConn |
W 49–0 |
| Wk 3 | at | 12 Notre Dame |
L 13–27 |
| Wk 4 | vs |  Illinois |
W 13–9 |
| Wk 5 | vs |  Minnesota |
L 13–20 |
| Wk 7 | at | 2 Iowa |
W 24–7 |
| Wk 8 | vs |  Wisconsin |
L 13–30 |
| Wk 9 | at |  Nebraska |
W 28–23 |
| Wk 10 | vs | 5 Michigan State |
W 40–29 |
| Wk 11 | at | 6 Ohio State |
L 31–59 |
| Wk 12 | vs |  Northwestern · neutral |
W 32–14 |
| Wk 13 | vs |  Indiana |
W 44–7 |
| Bowl | vs |  Tennessee · neutral |
W 48–45 |